I guess the more recent "proof" was the whopping 5 Okies that went to TX states on saturday, eh?? I can guarantee you that more than 5 Texans will travel to OK for their states this weekend! I would venture to say that TX states will draw more ppl than OK states. So....who should host regionals??? TX Where??? Houston....the numbers say so....not "guessed upon" by Whicker and others. As the saying goes, the proof is in the pudding. The proof here is that OKies "had" a chance to bolster their argument that they will travel well to a nearer part of TX for Reg's and completely whiffed on TX States w/ only 5 in attendence. Last I checked, States was on the tourney locator list for some time....didnt just "spring up" overnight and surprise everyone with dates, locations, etc!!
I'm pretty sure everyone agrees that Texas should host Regionals. That's an obvious. Secondly, the logic says Dallas is a better choice, that's obvious ALSO. FEW have disagreed. Read the majority of the posts by Oklahomans and Texans alike. Dallas IS MORE CENTRALLY LOCATED AND THEREFORE BETTER.
Your "proof" proves nothing if you are going to say that mine doesn't either. However, REGARDLESS of the number of Oklahomans that WILL attend, it is unfair to not even give us a shot. I mean, the WORST that could happen is the same number of people will attend both.
First of all I believe some things need to be cleared up:
1. I respect Mike Cook as a person and hard-working PTO. Once again I never flamed him.
2. The MAIN point of this debate was to convince people that Dallas was the better location. Mike Cook just kinda slid into the argumentation along the way.
Mike,
Fine. I will agree that I seriously had no idea how long you had to find a venue. However, I will back up my point by saying I got that through the fact that after Regionals last year, you could have been finding a venue. I know now that wasn't the case. Secondly, I'd like to point out what you mean by "ANOTHER uneducated comment" when you've only pointed out a single one. I'd like to know the other things that I know nothing about.
I do not believe, also, that anyone accused Birch of anything. Actually, I think only one person so far has laid any of the blame on Birch, and that was Birch himself.
Finally, I do understand your point. 250 players is nothing to scoff at. However, there has yet to be any reason given to assume that Dallas wouldn't give 250 players + a chance for Oklahomans.