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Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?

Posted By: Leonardo Jerkovic
Date: Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 1:41 p.m.

In Response To: Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon? (Chiva Tafazzoli)

In January 2010 Croatian BG Federation was founded. Since we're new, our main task is to attract new players to the game. BUT, we didn't introduce NO entry fee, because this concept brings many novices who will take all cubes and recube every turn to the highest possible stake to play just 1 game.

Rather, we have entry fee which currently is around 5% of the monthly average salary. This seems LOW entry fee for most foreigners tho.

USA is BIG country. ABT tournaments offer LOW entry fees compared to European tournaments. You simply need to attract more players. American players exist, just needs better approach i guess.

If I lived in the USA, I'd play EVERY ABT tournament in highest division, $200-$300 seems worth...I wish we had similar entries in Europe...

Messages In This Thread

• 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.
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    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.
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    phil simborg -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 8:27 a.m.
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    Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 2:17 p.m.
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    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.