You do have a point.
I have seen barry in September in over 100 Degrees to the low 30's.
It sucks!!
But..
There's no controling the weather.
What would you recommend?
Only one Nationals?
That would be good too.
I don't know about you, but I loved the Tulsa Range.
Wouldn't it be great to have the ONE Big Nationals there for a week??
Except you can't control the weather. A 105 degree heat index is entirely possible in Tulsa depending on when you hold a match same as it was in Barry. When they ran both back to back and compressed, everyone was just smooth wore out. All you could do at the end of the day was eat a meal and collapse until the next morning. The staff had it even worse than the shooters. That was one of the least fun nationals I've attended.
I like the ONE Nationals idea, but Everybody shooting it at the same time, in the way you describe it, if you shoot and you leave there might be issues!!
I do believe that your idea of NO Prize table is a good one!!
I don't shoot for whatever is on the Prize table, I'm not that good to get something Great, Like a gun, And the Nationals in the past few years have had a somewhat of a lackluster Prize table, byt the time guys like me get to it, not even the Shock-Buffs and Break-Free samples are left, maybe a Dust Bunny or two!!
It's a great idea to have a lower price match and increase the Volume of shooters, and cash for Division Winners(like FIPT used to do) would be wonderful, that would offset the Expenses we incur in getting to a big match.