If the highest classifiers scores were actually published, we could look at that data before combining any divisions. By the way, I don't see any advantage in combining any divisions. The goal is to grow the sport. The more shooters we attract, the bigger the sport becomes. Deleting divisions deletes potential shooters IMHO. If there is a financial advantage (saving a but ton of cash) to deleting a division, then we could talk about it. I am in favor of adding a pistol caliber long gun division, because I think it would attract more shooters. However, I do not want to dilute the sport. Maybe we should talk about a max number of divisions to prevent this?
What problems do we actually solve by deleting or combining divisions?
The biggest problem USPSA has is a marketing issue. I never knew this sport existed until I was in my mid 30s. We should be talking about how to get the word out about how much fun this is!