[shemadagaswer]

A college kendo league would not have to be a huge thing. Basically just a set of regional tournaments in which you would qualify for a national tournament would be enough in my opinion. That way there would be some sort of organization, and something to be worked towards.

The current regional federation system... Well it is what it is, and it was definitely not built for college athletics. The way it is right now, you find a tournament, go there, have fun, and when it's done it's done. Then you start over for the next tournament. If there was some kind of organization with these instead of a dojo or regional federation saying "hey, let's do a tournament!", then I think that would be great. Don't get me wrong, the system as it is is fine for local dojos and federations, but it was just not designed with college athletics in mind.

I think this would also actually help with west coast schools coming here and kicking everyone's ass, because they would be restricted to their regional qualifiers. Also, I don't know how it works at other schools, but we can't get our trips funded by the school unless it's a regional qualifying tournament or a national championship.

I really don't understand how this would be an unachievable goal.. Japan definitely does it, Australia does it, why would it be impossible for the US?