As far as the distance for eastern kansas schools I don't think that is a factor. It takes about 3 hours to get from Topeka to Hays. And it takes about 2.5 hours to get from Topeka to Wichita. But I think the big question is, why mess with the 3-2-1a tournament because of problems with the 6-5-4a. The 3-2-1a tournament is great so leave it alone. They only use three mats so I don't think you could add the 4a schools without major time problems. And why should they move it away from Hays obviously the big schools didn't want their's there to start with. Now they see the smaller schools going well and want to take over! Leave a good thing alone. Change the 6-5-4a tourney if you want but leave the 3-2-1a alone.