Exactly...Don't these local organizations who undertake the contract to host the ANA know that sports are what brings the maximum participation to the ANA event as a whole?   Imagine...10 soccer teams (total 15x10 = 150 peeps), 8 basketball teams (8x8 = 64 peeps), 3 women's b'ball (8x3 =24), 4 Volleyball teams (10x4 = 40), And fans of these teams which includes friends, family and grils/guys who have the hots for these players = Atleast 300 (for all sports combined).  The numbers above are the lowest approximation I could think of.  On the lower end of the spectrum, the total attendees due to sports only comes to about 600 people.  And still these cats have the nerve to charge $450 for registration?

Where does the money collected from the parties go?  There are 3 parties wtih each having an attendance of atleast 900-1000 peeps.  With $20 tickets for each event (It'll be more like $40 tkts for sure), we see revenues of 18K per night...For 3 nights, that makes it 54K just off the parties (if tkts are $20...If they charge $40 like I am told it'd be, then double the Gross revenues to $108K.  On top of that Registration fees is $10.  And atleast 1,500 peeps will register...That makes the Gross revenue shoot up to $108K+15K = $123K!!  Now, lets say that the Net expenses of the concert/parties/sporting events/miscelleneous items comes to about $40K at the most, Now look what we have: A NET PROFIT of (123K-40K)= $83K!!!

C'mon organizers, with all that money you'd make off this event, why are you scalping the sporting teams who MAKE the ANA what it is.  The way you've be raping the participants (mostly students) is totally appalling for an association whose primary focus is to unify the Nepali Diaspora.  Going forward, let the sporting events be free so that you could have more attendees to the ANA without any cost/financial constraints which they already face.  BTW, charge the people who attend the discussion and panels (the wannabe netas), as they ruin all the fun we have at the ANA.  They need to talk about Nepal's development in Nepal instead of giving all their wise-crck ideas to peeps who've already left their home-land and have no intent of returning.  Once agian organizers, let these wannabe netas and their chelas pay for the forums and discussion panels as the ANA has been providing that for free while sports participants (the major attraction) are being charged all that money from their throats!  C'mon, the ANA is supposed to be fun, and the younger crowds are what makes it worthwhile to attend.  Get the Budas outta there.  Enough of this BS already. 

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