what if there was a wide open state tournament? not a grand state, but an open state tournament for each classification.

no qualifing, just come as you are! so what if there would be some 64 man brackets, very few weights would be full anyway. in such a format there would be no more worrying about good kids not surviving extrmely tough regionals, such as the NW regional held in wakeeny, or the norton regional held last year.

i think it would be fair to all involved. and i know it could be done too, it wouldnt take that much longer to run the state tournament either. just a few more matches is all.

and if this idea is absurd; then why not seed top teams and place them in respective regionals accordingly? i know its been stated before as far as NW kansas goes most, that NWKL teams wouldnt care if they had to drive to a eastern regional to compete.

to bad KSHSAA wouldnt entertain such an idea....or would they? you hear the state talk about saving money all the time, so why not eleminate regionals? KSHSAA eleimated one qualifing tournament several years back, as you had regionals, sub-state, then state. i think it having an open state tournament could be a win/win situation for all involved.

thoughts?