The straw that broke the camel's back ?
Where's the Ironman Spirit in there ??

Join our "Say to to Ironman $$$ Sport Business" group on FB to disagree !!
http://www.facebook.com/...39068739298&ap=1

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I am going to collate the folks that join on that group and then cross reference them against the participant lists for the MDot races. Any predictions on how many of them will be on both lists?

I went to Michigan, University of, it was and is full of Elitist DB's. And of all of them I met, not one of them thought they were. I thought the "Harvard" reference was gratuitous, but its clear that you are just rightfully proud of your accomplishments.

I appreciate the work harder/smarter sentiment. I try to bring that up when my friends complain that taxes are too high, and take too much of their money. "Work harder" I tell them. Show Uncle Sam that he can't stop you, but they look at me like i've grown a third eye. "Working harder" and pulling yourself up by your bootstraps apparently is only for poor people. Tax burdens, however, are so onerous (when compared to poverty and poor upbringing) as to be impossible to overcome.

For what its worth, I can afford $1,000.00, and $600.00 for an entry fee, but there is a principle behind not doing so. $600 is a big barrier to entry for most people - but $1,600 is beyond the pale, it all but eliminates regular wage earners, more or less like a Country Club. I would never be a part of a country club under any circumstances, even if the dues were paid by someone else. I prefer not to associate with exclusionary groups, and WTC is turning IM finishers (of which i am one) into an exclusionary group based not on athletic merit (which would be the only legitimate basis for exclusion) but based on the size of one's bank account. IM finishers will be known less for the extraordinary achievement that it is, and more for the fact that they can afford to be Ironmen. In my mind, it actually cheapens the brand.

Everyone's got a price point. The $4.00 I waste on a cappuchino is food on the table for a hungry family, and it probably makes them sick to see such excess. Bill Bennet losing $50,000 betting at a casino is obscene to me, but probably nothing more than a cappuchino to him. I think WTC jumped the shark with the $1,000.00 affinity club, and some people agree, and some don't.

Go Sparty. I hope you win out and play Boise State for the National Championship. Two good programs, great coaches.