I did not know that "championship" status did not apply simply because of the petition positions. When US Sailing eliminated several events from "championship" status, they did not say why -- just that there were too many championships and it was "confusing for the media." There is no question that you need to answer here, but I just think it has been ridiculous that we cannot call the Alter Cup a "Championship." As far as I know, it is officially the U.S. Multihull Open. It can't be called a "Cup" (even though we call it the Alter Cup), and it can't be called a "Championship," (even though we also call it the US Sailing Multihull Championship). Apparently, "U.S. Multihull Championship" is okay if you eliminate the word "Sailing"? But officially it is the "Open." Talk about being confusing for the media!!!