We all know that District 4 will never have the numbers that the Kansas City area has. It will not matter because the population is shifting east. With that being said, the kids in district 4 should NOT be punished because of where they live. I have been watching this conversation for a while now and have seen some pretty terrible ideas. One idea is to take qualifying spots away from a district based on population. How is that fair to the kids? I thought this is about the kids and for the kids? What about the team title? Should we change how that is scored? Will it ever be possible for an average size club to win it anymore? Or do we only care about the big super clubs? Kids state is the closest thing this state has to a Grand State. If we were to venture down this road, lets do it correctly. Lets make it fair for the kids. Lets put in place a system to where there is an opening, we have a system setup to where it gets filled. I would say go by the record of the 5th place kids.