$$ is usually the answer to that question. For most people its got to be worth the cost of getting out to California to make it. The top 5 payout should at least cover the gas money they are going to spend getting there. I'm in Utah and its a 12 hour drive in good traffic. Its going to cost me north of 250 in just gas to get there. So if payout was like 600, 1000, 1500, 2000, and 2500 or something like that you could probably get some teams from the surrounding states. Gotta have a chance at not going home empty handed