I believe that Mr. Bowden did exhaust the possibilities he had. More time would not have made the possibilities before him any more or less appealing.
Mann
With all due respect Mr. Mann, you speak from a lack of knowledge.
The KSHSAA and Mr. Bowden were offered a two year contract by the Kansas Coliseum prior to the 2006 tournament which the KSHSAA and Mr. Bowden turned down, agreeing to a one year contract which expired in 2007.
The Coliseum booked the boat show simply because of the open date which KSHSAA created.
I attended the 6-5-4A tournament every year and for most of those years volunteeded to work a table, run bout cards, clean vomit from the mat, mop the mats betweem sessions, haul trash from the floor, call Coliseum maintenance personnel to clean up restrooms after unsupervised high school athletes crammed junk into urinals and toilets, and on one occasion, had the privilege of supervising a high school athlete retrieve a team members under garment which I witnessed him place in the urinal while several of his teamates relieved themselves in the soon to be overflowing urinal. It was quite funny for the youth until they were forced with the option of placing their hand in the now full urinal to clear the obstruction or be turned in to their high school administration.
To state that Mr. Bowden and the KSHSAA handled this business matter in a responsible manner is simply false.
