Hi Mark,

Your question was short, and could be read that way. Very glad that's not what you meant.

How do entrants for the other USSA championships get decided? We're not the only event using ladder eliminations, I presume. What numbers are they seeing at eliminations in other classes?

The rules COULD be changed such that if an area elimination doesn't meet a minimum number of entrants, it doesn't count. The position could be converted to one more petition slot. You could give preferential treatment to a petition that came from a competitor who bothered to show up.

Of course, that does seem extreme and all the work that went into organizing it would be for naught (which I suppose may be the case anyway).

This is notwithstanding the points John made about the issues (perceived or actual) about petition slots up to now.

Mike