In previous league seasons we have done a banquet with price fund. The year we won our sponsor/team captain bought us awards out of his own money. This year we voted and passed, to due away with the banquet and use the money for prize fund. The second week of the league one team of "old timers" pitched such a fit that they reopened the discussion and voted a new prize fund. The new prize fund takes money out of the top of the final rankings and uses it for a cocktail reception the night of payout. My personal opinion is that banquets are antiquated, pay the league out at the center and if anyone wants to go in for drinks they will, and no one has to suffer thru a overpriced rubber chicken dinner.