Well said Sean Franke.

After thinking a bit, I see no reason Sports cant remain as is (126 to ash25) for those within the club range who are fearful of "dangerous and reckless" FAI rules. :-) And no real reason to water down this new US Club class by over expanding the class both up and down. Club class is wildly successful. Why alter it? especially as a first step? It is also a chance for the US to have a pure racing class. Would be great to see how that is received by US pilots who want pure racing.

To play devils advocate: Why are we calling this Club again if its actually NOT Club class as the rest of the world has standardized (both in range of gliders and tasking rules) and grown to wild levels of success?

Isn't this "really" just US Sports class "low performance?"

Hmmmm.