Dave, nice post. Probably a little bit more euphemistic than mine. You pretty much hit on the points that I was making or trying to make.

Ther are pretty much 3 decisions that a striker must now make.

1. Do I play the strike tournament and not attend the show. Probably about 85%

2. Do I play the strike tounament and attend the CCGTCC show. Probably about 10%

3. Do I skip the strike tournament and attend the show. Probably about 5%

The BOD doesn't want any competing events but by discouraging the strike tourny on the same week they have done just that.