He wanted Mourning no matter what the potential costs for the sport were, and got him.

"We understand that people have a right to march, but the cost is getting out of hand."

"The cost of communications has gotten less expensive," he said.

"There's not any question in our minds that these costs have gotten out of hand," he said.

The cost was getting his signature cast by a monument company.

"Fortunately for us, we never let our costs get out of control in the way that led to everyone else's demise."

He then kept a constant monitor on the project to see if its costs were getting out of line.

But cost could get in the way of proper thinning.

But if the costs get out of control, they risk a financial disaster or a political backlash.

Challenges have always been a rich man's game, but this year the costs got out of hand.