I was pissed off before last year' s shoot after hearing all the squawking from crybabies wanting to divide the class. Hell, for the sake of a damned 12 inch stabilizer, you guys said to go ahead and split it. I' ve got a feeling you guys wouldn' t be happy until the class has been split over and over again until IBO offers an individual class for everyone so you can be a World Champion without having to beat anyone. Payout? That' s only part of it. Who the hell wants to be #1 in a field of only 2? That' s where we' re getting.

Cedarflinger, you nailed the real issue. Whatever the rules are, people will use them to their advantage. It' s a competition and not a hunt and people who are in it for the competition (since it' s a " World Championship" that' s everyone) will do whatever they think will make them more competitive. Brining more trads into the IBO? I think it' s too late for that. The traditional shooters have been on the decline for many years now and this last move just drove a stake through the heart of the last solid class of recurve shooters there was.