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Hi Easy:

I think the idea has merit except that $100,000 in my opinion is too high. I don't believe that many of the better known pros are this well financed. Perhaps $25,000 is a better figure.

Best wishes,
Mason

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Mason, don't you think they'd be able to find backers? Hell, I'd take a piece of some of the bigger names.

Instead of raising the money, maybe they could create an invitation-only tournament of a few hundred pros. I'd worry that a $100K price tag might overshadow the ME, which I think should remain the crown jewel. This would require the establishment of a selection committee, but would also keep the field exclusively professional, as opposed to littered with rich fish.