AB - I try to listen to as many valued opinions as possible before I go. On occasion, they may sway my opinion; but often they provide ammo to defend my stance. There are 50 voting members (none from Tex or Mass, but one each from coaches and officials associations) and it is up to them to obtain opinions if they wish. The Questionnaire items that is published prior to the meeting are always on the docket.
I know you do, as do a few others that I know. But without the proposals being public, you can only do so in general terms.
Suppose I am the head coach of a significant high school program that just won the state championship. Don't you think as a state rep, I might be interested in the opinion of a coach like that? Or how about asking the official that runs your official's training camps each summer what he thinks about proposal #32?
But with the curtain of secrecy drawn, people like this coach or this official don't even know what's being proposed. The NCAA publishes what's on the agenda before their meetings. We all know what Congress is going to vote on today. We even know what cases the Supreme Court will hear. But what changes that MIGHT be considered for high school football is a bigger secret than any of those, and I can't for the life of me understand why.