100% Agreed Tracy! In the past Derby has always been something for us to endure. Has always been great competition for the kids, but as a spectator, its brutal. THIS year, it was more tolerable.
Having said that, there were still WAY too many morons standing up matside on the mat table side. Sitting on THAT side of the gym was not the best deal. If you did, when it was match time, you had to go over to the other side, thus creating a log-jam of people matside, whom for the most part would sit down. Mostly.
Again, for a Derby tournament, this was run MUCH better and was MUCH better to "endure" than in the past several years. That is just my opinion, I could be wrong.