bowperson, sorry if you took my post as rude/snotty, wasn' t meant that way. Let me try to re-state it.

There are to many pro classes now (in my opinion). If you want to shoot pro, then there is a place to do it, pro, to me means the best, take on all comers. Creating more " pro" classes to satisfy people who don' t want to put in the time and effort to get great at the " pro" ranges, again in my opinion, is wrong and will do nothign to diminish the term/classification of Pro.

As for breaking MBO up, I think it may make sense, the numbers dropped, but there are still to many to put on one range combination. However, Ken has explained before, there is alot more to adding classes than just adding one. The largest issue is probably the scholarship programs that are out there now, which are done to EACH class at the generosity of Hocking College (?). Adding more classes would basically ask them to pony up more money, which would be pushing the request and they would have every right at that point to withdraw it totally.

I like the theory of the OpenA/B/C that ASA does, however, run over to the asa message board and look around, won' t take long to find posts about people sandbagging lower than some feel they shouuld, just to win. Same discussions we get here at times about former open, mbr, spm, pmr shooters shooting HC.

The only place MBO size is an issue is at the worlds, and I think they handle it pretty good.

--Bob