Ok. I stand corrected.
Thank you #PainTrain for live streaming your recent dual vs #TheOtherCountyTeam for FREE!! But that was clearly a mistake and did nothing to draw more interest to your program, which in turn might increase youth/parent involvement and #'s. Not sure why MMA events are pay per view...all the people watching are already fans and should go to Vegas to watch, yet it started as basically a garage "fight club" and now sold for billions. Guess that isn't growth. More revenue doesn't grow a sport via advertising and getting the word out that it's cool. What was I thinking?
PS..Sorry can't let this go. It's called marketing. This is a really cool event. You're telling me that if there are 500 more eyeballs on this tourney via track for $10 and they see this event and feel the excitement/intensity thru their computer screen that maybe next year say 5% say that seemed so cool that they're going to attend in person. I'm just throwing #s out there so please bare with me. Maybe the following year they take their neighbor and his kid who shoot baskets with the wrestler in the tourney and their like "whoa...that was cool" and then maybe that kid goes to his wrestling club and digs it! Do #'s manifest over nite? No but over time they might. Kinda hard to sit here and read about how we need more weekday duals to grow the sport when we have the second coolest event this week to showcase to those on the fringes but we don't want to utilize 21st century technology to put it out to the masses for a FEE ie REVENUE because they are, in your opinion, already connected to the sport and should be made to drive/fly/buggy to the event. My Ball U degree ain't in marketing or English but I do believe revenue does drive growth.
I recall a lot of these 1A-2A schools saying their participation in this event helped them immensely as far as interest and participation. In your scenario, those participants this year should be the only ones who get to experience it via attendance in person (since they are connected). What if their small community rival that they lost to by 2 forfeits had 3 kids that got to watch it on track (since they're hours away and don't feel like driving..or can't cuz, you know, they don't have a license yet!) and saw how fun it was and got 2 of his buddies interested because they saw it for $10? So they see it via streaming and get 2 of those kids into the sport and don't forfeit a couple years from now and maybe get into the event..that's not growth? Seems shortsighted.