Why not just make it one big state tournament if you are all worried about the glory. The glory is in the eyes of the beholder. What is glory to one individual might be meaningless to another. If you are all worried about what class is tougher and not fair about qualifiers, then lets get the grand state proposal finished.
However, I do like the idea of combining 5-6A. But I also think it would be possible to make KS into 2 Classes based on regions.

God Bless,
Michael R. Church