All It Takes is a Little Sand and Lots of Balls

On Friday, the AVP (Association of Volleyball Professionals) announced that the remainder of the 2010 beach volleyball season was being canceled for economic reasons. CEO Jason Hodell and commissioner Mike Dodd sent the players an e-mail that said, "As of now, the AVP will be closing the doors. It is with a heavy heart that we must tell you that despite a valiant effort by all and a flurry of investor interest, we have been unable to secure the necessary financing to continue the season." The AVP was unable to acquire the four million dollars necessary to run the remainder of this year's tournaments. $4M? Does that include the gilded volleyballs and diamond-encrusted nets? Can the beach volleyball tour really have that kind of overhead? Maybe the local gas stations up and down the California coast charge $10,000 per minute to use the air pumps. They have corporate sponsorships (with the likes of Gatorade, Bud Light Lime, Rockstar Energy Drin...