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Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?

Posted By: Daniel Murphy
Date: Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 3:33 a.m.

It is the view of the U.S. Backgammon League (Eric Barr and Kathleen Davis, principals) that "[c]urrently, live over-the-board backgammon in the United States is a gamblers' game." The League "aims to revive popularity in over-the-board play by allowing competitors to earn national ratings instead of for prize money, without risking large entry fees." And asserts that "[e]liminating, or at least greatly reducing, entry fees will open up backgammon tournaments to a wider potential audience." Consequently the U.S. Backgammon League "requires that affiliate clubs either charge no entry fee for their tournaments, or a very small entry fee just to cover a director's promotional efforts."

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• Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
  Daniel Murphy -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 3:33 a.m.
  • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 4:09 a.m.
    • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
      Stick -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 4:46 a.m.
    • NEVER Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
      svilo -- Friday, 10 September 2010, at 3:04 p.m.
      • NEVER Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
        Chiva Tafazzoli -- Saturday, 11 September 2010, at 10:34 a.m.
        • NEVER Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
          Bob Koca -- Saturday, 11 September 2010, at 5:32 p.m.
        • NEVER Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
          Daniel Murphy -- Saturday, 11 September 2010, at 9:42 p.m.
  • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
    Rich Munitz -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 6:55 a.m.
  • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
    Chiva Tafazzoli -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 7:46 a.m.
    • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
      rew -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 10:06 a.m.
      • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
        rew -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 1:58 p.m.
      • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
        Rich Munitz -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 5:57 p.m.
        • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
          mtuhtan -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 9:38 p.m.
          • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
            Chiva Tafazzoli -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 10:50 p.m.
        • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
          rew -- Friday, 10 September 2010, at 8:02 a.m.
    • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
      Leonardo Jerkovic -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 1:41 p.m.
      • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
        Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 5:34 p.m.
        • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
          Leonardo Jerkovic -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 7:57 p.m.
  • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
    phil simborg -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 8:27 a.m.
  • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
    Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 2:17 p.m.
  • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
    alex21 -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 5:47 p.m.
  • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
    Mike Main -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 8:38 p.m.
    • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
      Chiva Tafazzoli -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 8:41 p.m.
  • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
    mamabear -- Friday, 10 September 2010, at 2:21 a.m.
    • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
      Leonardo Jerkovic -- Friday, 10 September 2010, at 2:32 a.m.
      • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
        phil simborg -- Friday, 10 September 2010, at 4:36 p.m.
        • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
          Leonardo Jerkovic -- Friday, 10 September 2010, at 9:19 p.m.
    • What the Dayton Guy Said
      mamabear -- Saturday, 11 September 2010, at 12:44 a.m.
      • What the Dayton Guy Said
        phil simborg -- Saturday, 11 September 2010, at 2:12 p.m.
        • Side pools
          Chuck Bower -- Saturday, 11 September 2010, at 3:38 p.m.
          • Side pools
            Tom Keith -- Saturday, 11 September 2010, at 5:10 p.m.
            • NEBC used to do it differently
              mamabear -- Saturday, 11 September 2010, at 8:08 p.m.
              • Blinding signups?
                Chuck Bower -- Sunday, 12 September 2010, at 6:59 p.m.
                • Blinding signups?
                  mamabear -- Sunday, 12 September 2010, at 9:56 p.m.
                  • Blinding signups?
                    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Sunday, 12 September 2010, at 9:58 p.m.
                  • Blinding signups?
                    Stick -- Sunday, 12 September 2010, at 9:58 p.m.
                    • Blinding signups?
                      Jason Lee -- Sunday, 12 September 2010, at 10:23 p.m.
                      • Blinding signups?
                        Stick -- Sunday, 12 September 2010, at 10:46 p.m.
                  • Blinding signups?
                    Michael Petch -- Monday, 13 September 2010, at 1:40 a.m.
  • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
    mtuhtan -- Friday, 10 September 2010, at 11:15 a.m.