you pay too much no matter wha wrote:
"It depends whether it's a for-profit or non-profit organization hosting it."
Please explain. Just because it is non-profit doesn't mean someone isn't profiting. A lot of these non-profit pays their directors/presidents ENORMOUS salaries.
I hear this argument a lot, and I just don't buy it. Check out Guidestar: The EDs of organizations like the Houston Marathon and Twin Cities in Motion, major US non-profit marathons that are a tier below the World Marathon Majors (organizations with $4 million-$5 million of annual revenue) make solidly over $100,000 annually, sometimes around $150,000. Yes, that's good money, but it doesn't seem ridiculous to pay your Executive Director 3%-4% of gross revenue.
As others have noted, rising permitting/public safety costs are much more the culprit for rising race reg fees than employees' salaries. Hell, I know guys one year out of second-tier law schools who make more than anyone who works for a non-profit race other than top-tier employees at New York and Boston.