As we all know, the ACBL masterpoint system is a great marketing tool, to
get people to play ACBL bridge.  In fact, the masterpoint system generates
revenue not only for the  ACBL, but also for hotels, restaurants, cruise
ship companies and who knows what else...

Somewhere in conversation, the question had arisen as to how much, on
average, a masterpoint costs, once you factor in all the costs.  Amazingly,
back when I first heard this discussed, the figure of $1,000/point was
bandied about.  This seems outrageous when you first consider it, but keep
in mind that, before inflation, an MP was quite a big deal.  When I first
started playing duplicate bridge, winning a club game might get you .35;
now it gets you 3, 4, or even more times that.  Of course, dollars have
inflated as well - maybe at about the same rate.

So, care to speculate?  What do you think is a reasonable figure?

P.S.  One could also speculate on how/why masterpoint inflation occurred.
Comments?

-- 
"The anti-regulation business ethos is based on the charmingly naive notion
that people will not do unspeakable things for money." - Dana Carpender

Quoted by Paul Ciszek (pciszek at panix dot com).  But what I want to know
is why is this diet/low-carb food author doing making pithy political/economic
statements?

Nevertheless, the above quote is dead-on, because, the thing is - business
in one breath tells us they don't need to be regulated (which is to say:
that they can morally self-regulate), then in the next breath tells us that
corporations are amoral entities which have no obligations to anyone except
their officers and shareholders, then in the next breath they tell us they
don't need to be regulated (that they can morally self-regulate) ...