On the ATA website is press release regarding an extra $100,000 added to the Grand American for 2012. Is this where the xtra ATA fees are going? Just curious where the money is coming from?
Longshot you don't even go to the Grand so quit your complaining about stuff that doesn't even pertain to you. There is no "WE" when you do NOT participate.
I have shot The Grand for over 45 years. Up until about 5 years ago, there was added money for each event. Several thousands of dollars, I believe sgl.s & dbl.s were 1,2 & 3rd score in B,C,D 1 & 2 in A & AA. Handicap was paid down, I can't remember how but I got $200. added for a 98 & 13th overall. High AA & HOA also paid. When the ATA quit selling shells, they quit having added money in The Grand program. Long live the Hampton influence!
The ATA will be able to save about half the $100,000 every year by not paying the high rent & other fees to the city of Dayton. Check the latest copy of TrapshootingUSA for the sorted details of the rent arrangement that we had with them.
"The ATA is charging shooters $100 entry for this option, we are actually shooting for our money, just a way to BLIND EVERYBODY."
So to blind everyone we must understand 1000 shooters must pay $100 to make up the money needed to fund this venture. BTW since when don't you pay to play the lewis????
Once again Longshot posts his understanding of something the ATA is doing, and once again he is spreading misinformation. He is consistent at least... actually almost perfect in this respect.
The ATA can't do anything right for Dr. Longshot. He just likes to bash the ATA.
With a 2011 83.14 average in handicap, I don't think he plays the purse.
BIGDON You don't read the post correctly that wrote, or you just comprehend only what you want to comprehend.
ATA announces $100,000 dollars of added money, but to get the added money a shooter has to pay $100.00 to enter and it pays only on the total 900 targets shot.
I don't care how you read this it is not ADDED MONEY, Added money is money that can be won w/o buying into it. It's a farce.
I am not bashing the ATA like you want it to seem.
Just be honest about ADDED MONEY.
It is a way to get more shooters to shoot the total 900 targets, that's great
but do not mis-lead shooters.
I don't slam any one on this site like you do BIGDON that is why I challenged you in the first place.
I find you to be extremely rude to fellow shooters and new shooters especially
you being on the All American Team, I have never seen another All American act the way you do.
BIGDON I have been shooting registered targets 21 years longer than you and I shot those 3 hole targets you have never ever seen.
Pat Traps, and Voice calls have made a big difference in this game.
I am 100% for new shooters, not against them like you.
The point is that we are not shooting for our own money when it comes to the Lewis Added $100,000, as LS claimed. We pay $100 to enter the Lewis, and the ATA pays out ALL of that money, PLUS they are throwing in an additional $100,000 being paid shooters over and above the Lewis pool. Those are the facts. The comprehension problem is with the guy that reads that and then proclaims "we are actually shooting for our own money". Go figure.
To most anyone, it is clear the ATA is trying to pump up the money avalable in a Lewis Class option so more shooters get a chance at it as opposed to just those winning trophies. For years, many have complained that the Lewis wasn't worthwhile anymore, and they are just trying to help out in that direction.
"I don't care how you read this it is not ADDED MONEY"
Amazing SB, its not added money. Tell us if they don't get enough entries to cover the money ($100,000) where will they get???? From those that didn't sign-up to shoot for it. OR WILL THEY HAVE TO ADD MONEY TO THE POT TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE?
Any way you slice it it is added money it won't come from the money tree DS
There is nowhere else you can get the humor in life that this guy just keeps on giving. I wish he was a money tree. LMBO, Thank you Dr. Gary Longshorts.
BIGDON used a JEDI MIND TRICK on the Dr. to make him think he had replied on this thread. He will use more mind trick on him when they are shooting off!
BIGDON used a JEDI MIND TRICK on the Dr. to make him think he had replied on this thread. He will use more mind trick on him when they are shooting off!
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