I am still waiting for Will, Mike or Kathy Juby to produce numbers by age group by year for the State of Kansas. Is it possible we are having increased numbers at a younger age and losing numbers 15 and older. If so why? How can we be increasing numbers on the lower end of this organization and losing numbers over 15 years and older. We had a slight spike in the 2009/2010 numbers over the 2008/09 numbers of 15 years old. But we added kids who were 17, 18, & 19 for the High School Division last year. We did not have those kids in years 2008/09 and going back. Will is a business man - Don't you normally get more than 1 bid or proposal before endorsing a project or excepting the bid. The only data I am getting is to large of brackets for an unoffical open tournament. People are driving to far, 2,000 kids in which only 500 (25%) participate in the unoffical open tournament - for the most part Novice kids with 1 to 2 years exeperience. What about the other Novice kids maybe 8 or 9 years old (with 1 to 2 years experience) who pay their fees but do not get a chance or opportunity to compete against kids of their own ability. Some will say throw them in with the open kids and see what happens - is that fair??????????? Not really and a bad job by us (the state organization as a whole)in developing them prior to high school if we throw a 1st year 9 year old up against a 10 year old who is a 20 time state/national/world champ.