I agree, a lot of our fencers that don't travel never see anyone outside the division and don't improve because of the family in-breading of fencing. That is not one of the issues I would have thought of.
As far as the profit idea. At this point I am not worried about making money on the High Plains Open, we are pouring everything we have to make it the best event we have ever hosted...
http://www.hpfencing.com/open04.html
Thanks for your imput, I hope others will give theres too...