Keith,

The outdoor league where I compete on a weekly basis give no trophies except a large trophy at the end of the year for the winning club. They do give a small tag with the date and appropiate info pertaining to the person' s name, class, date, etc.
The $8.00 shooting fee gives a dollar to the league and the remainder goes to the home club. With the cost of shooting going higher and higher at the national events I think that they are starting to price themselves out of business. The local shoots are no problem because they alone can control the charge to the shooters and the payout. Holding qualifiers and other shoots that are backed by a national organization charge considerably more and yet in most cases the payback or prizes are not that much better which means that some clubs are taking advantage of the truely competitive shooter. If a championship shoot at a State level or National level is advertised and a person enters a class thinking that he could be a Champion of that shoot, the class should have some kind of recognition to give a person regardless of the number of shooters in a class. The overhead for each club is a factor that only the club can control and maintain. If a shoot attracts large numbers of shooters and can not afford to make appropiate awards than they should inform the shooters at the registration desk of what their intentions are
ask the sanctioning organization for relief for such classes.
Their is much more that could be discussed on the subject but I am sure that with the appropiate people making an effort could come up with changes that would benefit the clubs and the shooters as well.