I would say that you have correctly and perfectly captured the current situation we find ourselves in. At one of the very first meetings almost 10 years ago that I was at and a "worlds championship" was discussed, I was literally amazed how difficult it was to get event producers to agree to anything without something in it for themselves (at the time, I was one, so I do kind of know what I am talking about here). And it was not just money issues. It was simple things, like division names....(we call ours little sprites, you call yours little people, I call mine mighty mites, etc. = ridiculous). Not all event producers are like this btw, just like nothing is an absolute. But it was the owners/coaches who brought the idea of Worlds to the event producers. Not the other way around. And while I can never see Worlds going away, I sure can see other big events (i.e. US Finals, All Levels) going away because most of us just want a consistent and well governed end of season event. Perhaps the make up of the board should tilt strongly towards gym owners (large and small) and coaches with a small minority of event producers and companies. I do realize that you can be a gym owner, coach and an event producer, but in this case, you can't be both.