Gonna agree with Chad on this one spot-on. In District II (only district not to do it last year) over 50% if not 60% of the brackets had less than 8 kids (same numbers if you had sub-districts). Glad to see other districts follow suit. The season is too long to begin with and this is a step in shortening it. Saves time, gas, and money as well for those that might not be as fortunate as others and it all adds up.