Thanks so much for a clear answer to the question of financial gain. The other answer is not quite as clear. Does it require extra effort for the deadbeats? I thought this was all done digitally. You talk of websites. Are you talking about the CC pages? Again, isn't the effort required to update it, etc, the same whether a club has 50 active players and 100 deadbeats as it would for 50 active players and no deadbeats?
You said, "The reason Activity is very important is because most people to play this game have some kind of competitive spirit in them and like to do well and entering club tourneys where a lot of players have taken part makes for good competition, rather than playing against one man and his dog."
I am not clear what you are trying to say. Yes, I am a competitive person. I enjoy the challenge of doing well, and my ego feels good when I win. I enter club tournaments and my scores are compared to other member scores, but that isn't head to head competition the way Match Play or Alt-Shot is head to head. Also, I don't understand how the deadbeats detract from any of the active players if the club has empty spots.
It isn't like the deadbeats stop active players from joining the club and becoming active players. I understand culling the herd when space is needed. That makes sense to anyone, but making space when space isn't needed seems like unnecessary worry over something that is meaningless.
Now, if you have read this far, I want to make clear that I appreciate the effort given by the club owners. Their efforts allow smaller groups to form within WGT, bonds of friendship and friendly competition. Thanks to you all, and that includes their Directors and volunteers.
I'm not trying to make trouble or cause problems for anyone. I am a good club member and happy enough. But I am still flummoxed that club owners get worried about people who join and don't like playing in club tournaments or give up the game entirely. Certainly, they need to cull their members of players who have stopped playing just as email servers delete accounts for non-use.
My last club, after I left, instituted a policy of requiring a certain number of club tournaments played in each week or getting kicked out. A new club formed from many of those kicked out. That's how I learned about it. And I just don't understand why a club owner would be unhappy with a member who only played in one club tournament a month, for instance.
That's not very active, granted, but if there is more than enough space in the club, what's the big deal?
Lastly, for me the most fun is had in head to head competition, and no head to head play is impossible within club tournaments. Getting WGT to figure out how to do that is what will make CC's a place to be active. Until then, I enjoy Alt-Shot more than playing by myself, whether it's in a club tournament or Single Play or a WGT tournament.