It's tough to see the bickering and finger pointing on this board between the classes. The bottom line is this. The Wichita facility is very expensive to rent, and without the revenue from the 4A fans, the tournament went into the hole in a huge way. If you will remember, the new facility downtown had not yet been discussed as an option when this potential problem surfaced. At least, thats how I remember it from 5 or 6 years ago. The Coliseum was to be renovated, it was not going to be available for a few years, and the 4A reps went out and got the BiCentennial Center as a two or three year fix until the Coliseum was available again or the new arena downtown was built. At NO time was it meant to be a final soultion. During this time the new arena was proposed, and because of that the Coliseum renovation was delayed until the cost of the new arena was determined. There are only so many tax dollars to go around, after all. SO.....there was no great conspiracy to totally alienate Kansas wrestlers from the rest of the wrestling world, there was NO effort from KSHSAA to reduce the amount of exosure of Kansas wrestlers to colleges, and there was NO conspiracy from the 4A coaches to break free from the deep confines of the darkest corners of the Wichita Coliseum. That is simply how things evolved. I agree that it is unfortunate that the 5 and 6 A tournament will be held at a high school or single tournament facility. It will reduce the atmosphere to that of a large tournament. BUT, it will still be the state tournament, and if you can't get up and motivated for that, you probably should not be wasting your time wrestling because some kid will be hungry and wanting a title....and he won't care if it's wrestled in a barn out in a pasture in western Kansas!