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Money management or (lack thereof) in the race...

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Goldeneye:
Now I do know that there haven't been many zero dollar legs (most recent known to be aired was TAR15 Leg 10) in the race recently, but ever since seeing a few teams (Mark & Michael in TAR14 especially) having poor money management, it begs me to actually want to see more of that element because money management is edited out often (from TAR14's Preston and Jennifer's post elimination interview).

I noticed that in TAR14, Legs 2 and Legs 3 started with a lot of money ($585 and $332), but I did not notice any mention of total amount in either Leg 4.

That being said, Mark & Michael's poor money management eventually led to their elimination in Leg 9 and nearly caused them to be eliminated back in Leg 4 (being over $100 short to pay for a taxi).

I wonder how expensive transportation was in Romania and Siberia and if the teams were really only given 10 rubles (about 25-30 cents US) to start Leg 4 - I'd be willing to guess that Mark and Michael held their taxi for a long time to incur that 8000 ruble fare.

I'd really like to see more money management issues come up unedited - it'd make a more interesting race and a reminder to future racers to be mindful what they do with their money.

redskevin88:
It wasn't really money management, it was their 4-hour penalty that cause them to fall way behind from Kisha & Jen. And quite unfair, given Dandrew got away with it in Season 13.

OFFTOPIC You know, given that Kisha & Jen managed to make up time over the frontrunners, it would have been really interesting if they had finished last instead of the stuntmen...

DrRox:
The teams on the plane to Frankfurt and Zurich spend a LOT less money getting to Locarno than the teams that flew to Paris and Milano. The Milano teams had to spend so much of their money on getting cabs from the airport to the wrong train stations and then back to the right train stations.......thats why Preston and his partner ran out of money and came in last.

After that, all the Milano teams were short on money compared to the Zurich teams.

redskevin88:

--- Quote from: DrRox on August 19, 2010, 07:24:42 AM ---The teams on the plane to Frankfurt and Zurich spend a LOT less money getting to Locarno than the teams that flew to Paris and Milano. The Milano teams had to spend so much of their money on getting cabs from the airport to the wrong train stations and then back to the right train stations.......thats why Preston and his partner ran out of money and came in last.

After that, all the Milano teams were short on money compared to the Zurich teams.

--- End quote ---

I didn't know that...I thought Preston and Jennifer came in last because Jennifer wouldn't run.

DrRox:

--- Quote from: redskooky on August 19, 2010, 08:24:52 PM ---I didn't know that...I thought Preston and Jennifer came in last because Jennifer was a pussy and wouldn't run.

--- End quote ---

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