[PayneTrain]

That gives me two more years to tear apart the game for being too rule-happy or too beneficial to high-dollar teams or too one-sided or too simple or too complex...

Why would anyone want this in FIRST? The organizations that do this are nowhere near as awesome.

Also, on the topic of national coverage on basic cable---

What is happening at the end of April that anyone really cares about? Besides some NBA Playoff games, ESPN is probably covering bowling and golf tournaments. The novelty and value of broadcasting the nationals seems huge. You only need 10 cameras and 10 commentators, with maybe a couple field correspondents.

It's like the Watson Challenge: it's so novel and uncommon, people would want to see what happens.

Heck, just get elim/Einstein day on TV. That would be quality.