If we looked at the proportion of "intended protests" that get derailed either before they become "official protests," I think we'd be a little disappointed at the number. Looking only at protest processes that I've directly witnessed, way to many have been "managed" or manipulated in some fashion. Sure - at the end of a season, there are only a very few cases of this across the country but we have so few actual protests in Regionals that I believe it's meaningful. Heck - it might well be part of the reason we DO have so few protests.

K