A few have dropped out because the deadline was long enough... everybody knew about it since March 3rd. I completely understand some of your reasons, which is fine. I will extent the deadline until Sunday night at 11.59 EST if this will help you out.
I know people are busy, i'm just as busy as all of you. Please don't sign up to tournaments if you can't commit. People put time (that's we have little of) into these tournaments because it's what you have requested, please respect that.
Let me know if the Sunday deadline will help you out.