It was not put to a vote. USA Wrestling decided to accept bids, and have their staff make the final decision. Kansas probably doomed our own chances when we insisted that USAW change some of their requirements for the tournament, which were boilerplate from their other events, primarily freestyle and Greco-Roman. In our view, the changes we requested would improve on the event. However, I think that USAW was reluctant to allow changes, out of fear that they might impact other events.