[Steve W]

I have been talking off line with some of the other posters here from Michigan. I will tell those reading that there has been a lot of background work done by Michigan teams. I applaud their efforts and wish them well at this venture BUT I would like to see one change made in the arrangements. I would like to see a provision in place that states that any Michigan team that competes at the State Championship be not eligible to qualify at any out of state regional. The reasoning behind this is that in previous years all teams could compete and qualify at any regional that they paid to attend. Now that there are 3 regionals that other teams are excluded from because of the elite nature of the Michigan trial, that limits the places teams can compete. As there are so many spots available at the Michigan Championship (same as 3 previous regionals last year) BUT no other teams are eligible to earn, I believe that to make things fair then the Michigan teams should not be able to qualify at any of the other regionals. This would only be fair if the Michigan team went to the Michigan Championship. If they skipped that event then they would be treated the same as any other team at any other event.