fastfletch, surely you wont give up on me that easily......come on now...hang in there......as bad as i hate to admit it, you have some good ideas, but getting all the information is paramount. your concern about shooters in the money class not winning enough, well, thats not the ibo taking the money, that is the host clubs....the ibo as i understand it takes two dollars for the shooter of the year, two dollars and fifty cents to the general operating fund, and two dollars and fifty cents to the ibo world pot, from each participant in each class. the remainer of that money as i understand it goes to the host club. with that money they supply practice ranges, and targets, staff to host the shoot, and any other operating expense for the shoot itself. the shooters arent getting rich, the ibo is not getting rich, and in all likelyhood, the host clubs are getting by a little better......it is not a rich mans sport, unless you shoot pro, but they dont win a lot of money, they get most of the money from the sponsors they have. the only other money the ibo generates is off of local qualifier shoots, where they recieve five dollars from the host clubs....still not getting rich thereeither.....most clubs skirt the system and run a club shoot in conjuntion with the qualifier. that way the shooters who really want to go, can go, and the local guy at home who doesnt want to pay twenty five dollars for ibo membership, plus the qualifier fee, plus club fee doesnt have to. fortyfive dollars is quite a bit of money to shoot one shoot on a weekend, when you have no intention of attending the world shoot, or none of the national shoots.

getting the bowhunter out of the woods and onto the local 3d ranges will grow our sport on the local level, but overall, there arent that many interested in competing. just like a weekend golfer, or someone who rides a four wheeler for recreation. the lure of most larger organizations is money. how long to you think the pga would exist if the payouts were what archery tournament payouts are? or nascar? media and sponsors, period.

i cant help myself with my humor, it obviouslyruffled your feathers.......but thats is how i feel.