I see where you're going with the tournament.
Frankly, a 4 hour tourney is too long and drought out.
Imagine watching a 4 hour movie, you'll be ready to leave after the first hour of it. If it's entertaining good but not all movies or fights are entertaining so I see a good and bad in this.
There is this thing call greed that everyone takes a part of.
Pride/dignity ain't shit when money is involve.
Ever watch Fear Factor - people would eat dog shit (something like that)
for money.
Bloodsport - I watched it, it's about a white boy name Frank Duke beating the best KO time er something like that.
The story line was okay, acting was terrible and the event - I'm sure there is something to that nature but middlefinger....it's 2009, there isn't many kung-fu master out there that's the real deal like Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Donnie Yen etc....
Do you see martial art schools (now days) accepting students free of charge....hell no, they charge an arm and a leg for those classes.
You think a sensei/si fu or a master is willing to teach this shit for free....fuck no, it's all about $$$.
I agree with you on more fighter, more contracts but I disagree with you on the "less people in the stand" cause the more fan the more $$$ and money rule the world.