I did a PONY regional tourney last year and as I was told...when a community applies to PONY to be a regional or satelite tourney stop, they are responsible for providing umpires (who are supposed to be PONY certified) and they set the fees if any that are paid to the crews...we got $26 per man (2man crew).......local community gets all concession stand revenue, parking and half the take raffle revenue...PONY supplies a rep and charges a fee to hold the tourney....this is why you see a lot of local guys at PONY tourneys......as far as the world series goes....no clue as how they are picked.....
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