<p>For whatever it is worth, rmldad and bluedog, I have been in several briefings to the Annual Fund Executive Committee and the DAA Board/Executive Committee where Dean Guttentag has made similar humorous remarks re applications from geographically underrepresented states. However, his point – and mine, all along on this topic – is that realistically the geographic “hook” is so tenuous and its influence is so slight that pragmatically it approaches zero. I suppose if there were a single seat remaining in '18, with two equally great candidates, and with one hailing from Montana and the other from Virginia, the Montanan would be accepted. But – and, again, here’s my essential point – there really are no identical candidates; one of those two would have some extremely slight, tangible advantage over the other, which would supersede any potential state under representation. In essence, we all agree and are focusing on the elusiveness of how many angels really can dance on the head of a pin.</p>