Just for show it is then
I cant understand what the problem is here to be honest.
Transaction 1)You pay £75 to APAT for a seat.
If you cashTransaction 2)APAT pays you.
Or alternatively
Transaction 1)I pay Joe Bloggs £75 for a ticket
If I cash APAT Transaction 2)pays me £x
Transaction 3)I pay Joe Bloggs £x/5
The payment for the ticket is always the same amount (£75) This I have called transaction 1.
That is the deal done unless I cash in the tournament.
Nothing extra (like a car or a horse or whatever) is paid up front.
Therefore we are adding value but not to the amount we pay up front.
To add to Monkeymans point, I agree that a reserve list from day 1, or some other method may be a better long term solution, however this would surely involve more work for the APAT team who already have so much on to get these events running.
I do not however feel that anyone is going to go through the ordeal that is the clickfest just to gain a percentage of some unknown amateur and therefore do not feel it is in any way contrary to the spirit of APAT.
Heres hoping a long term solution that keeps EVERYBODY happy is in the offing.