Perhaps someone can dig up info on what the entry fees have been for the past 5 or 6 World's and see if we're on the steady climb or just took a monster jump. 800 euros more than Sheffield might make sense if the pool at Sheffield didn't cost anything. If not and if Christchurch and Calgary were in the 24 - 2500 range, then this really is a jump. Carol probably has the San Jose numbers. But wait, there's more... we have the built-in additional cost of quality reffing, right? Okay, so it makes sense.

But whatever, like my Google quote of the day says:

The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive. -- John Sladek

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Just in case you weren't sure, it's official -- CMAS sucks.
Oh yeah, and now they're broke.