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I know, thats why I wanted to know. I'd love for them to have some competition. (not saying I want them to lose) But it wouldn't be the same if they had no one to go against.

I think you should have to have a certain score to make it to state if you are the only one in your category. Cause that isn't fair to some other squads. If Team A and B both have awesome routines and compete in Large, only one can win. But if Team C is below average and is the only one in their division, it wouldn't really be fair. And I'm not hinting to any certain teams, I just don't think ANYONE should get a free ride.

I kind of agree with you. A bad team shouldn't get to go to state if they are the only one in their division because when they get there, they get embarrassed, people wonder how they got there, and it's embarrassing for the whole region. I didn't go to state last year, but I watched the tape, and I remember thinking that if SC had made it in small (though Pikeville was def the better team, not sayin' we should have won) they would have beat over half the teams because they weren't very good and I wondered how they even made it there.

I've also heard that the idea of having an "open" state competition has been brought up. In this set up, anyone could go, but teams would have to qualify for the finals just like they do at nationals. I think state would be more representative of the top 16 teams in the state this way. Like I said, SC was better than alot of the teams that competed in small at state last year, so if it was open, maybe they would have been there. I'm sure there were other teams around the state that were good and didn't make it out of their region, just like Magoffin Co. and Johnson Central last year. I thought they could have been competitive at state.