Jamie summed it up pretty well. I will give you the back story and how it's run. Four years ago I attended a meeting at the KWCA wrestling clinic where we discussed why the sport of wrestling was declining in numbers across the nation. One of the discussion points was about issues with the dual model. Too many open weights, coaches avoiding tough match-ups, and too much moving their line-ups to ensure dual wins. These points are somewhat foreign to me, with the exception of open weights. I have attended far too many duals and dual tournaments where kids get too few matches for the points they were giving up. One of the models we discussed was the "scramble", Jamboree, whatever you choose to call it. We have 8 teams at our Jamboree; Douglass, Clearwater, Heston, Council Grove, Eureka, Herington, and Emporia. We will match kids up by weight + or - 5% and ability. Each kid will get 2 minimum and 3 maximum matches vs kids of similar experience. We run approximately 120 matches in just over 3 hrs. Our band plays, our dance team dances, and we treat it like a ball game. At the end of the night we wrestle 3 feature matches and introduce those kids much like you would the finals for a tournament. We run a twitter poll and vote for the best match. The gym is packed, there is no downtime, we wrestle quality opponents, and our kids love it. Part of the rule change, which we petitioned for 3 years ago, is that no team points can be kept and no awards can be given. I understand it may be foreign to some, but we don't tear down for finals, clear the gym, and charge a second admission anymore either. Things change, this has a good one for us.