It might weigh on you, as it would me, but the matchs are not charity.  They are there to provide a place to shoot and for us to place value on our participation and to fulfill the congressional mandate just the same as people putting on the State Fairs.  The sponsors don't have those (fairs) for their health.  They are there to make moola for other projects.

If the Corporation lost money on the match by giving every one a participation medal, they lost money.  If they broke even, they still lost money.  The result is still the same.  The endowment was not moved down the road in a positive fashion and the next generation of Michigan citizens and the ones after that may not have the venue to show off their skills and civic duties as citizens of their respective countries in this American Union.