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Originally Posted by pathew100
Assume that FIRST wants each team to at least have the opportunity to experience the Championship every 3-4 years. (So that students could go at least once while they are in high school.) This is basically the system they have now.
How do they do that with 2500 teams? 3000? 4000?
I know this is way way outside the box. Two events. One West coast, one East coast/Midwest.
Does it lessen any goals of the program? Not really. There are a ton of reasons why something like this might not be feasible. But it's an option.
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Here's another one outside the box. How about having a few super regionals (mentioned above). Make them two fields each, then make the championship two fields instead of four. That allows more teams to experience a big event, keeps the championship more exclusive which should drive up the level of play, and it fixes some space issues at the CMP.