So that I don't get upset about this anymore? Seriously? Lol, that's the biggest BS line I've ever heard. You're just avoiding the truth of the matter.
The truth of the matter is, you're entering Brawl, and possibly + (a game I know you've said you loathe on multiple occasions) for nothing other than all of the $$$ that will go into your wallet because of it. You're not doing it for the love of the game, you just want to get money so you can fly to California. If you'd just admit it, at least you wouldn't be a hypocrite, though you'd still be going against your own morals (but hey, if you're okay with it, then I can't say there's anything wrong with it, huh?). As it is, you're just using using wordplay to act like you're not doing anything wrong. Oh yeah, change money to profit, because you have a chance of not making money at the California tournament.
Nobody is that dumb dude, either way, the PROFIT you make off of NCSU would be used to purchase a plane ticket, along with whatever funds people on the west coast donated for the cause of you coming there (and if they don't donate anything, well, that says how much they really care about you being at their tournament, huh?). Just because you could "potentially lose whatever money I have" doesn't change that at all, that'd all be on you.