[artdutra04]

The best way to deal with this IMHO is for the non-districted regionals to adopt a district-style point accumulation system that qualifies teams to attend a Week 7 super event - let's call it Nationals*. Points can be earned only at the first two Regionals a team attends. Make the event open by qualification only, and make it a two-division event open to 100-120 teams.

From this Nationals event, just like a district Championship, there would be 18 spots for teams to qualify for Championship. It gives teams who came really close, but lost due to bad luck, random robot/FMS issue, etc another chance to both play at a prestigious event and potentially qualify for the World Championships.

To make this model more financially viable, either eliminate the entry fee for attending the Nationals/Super Regionals event or halve the registration fee for additional Regionals and the National event.


* Or another way could be to have several Week 7 Super Regionals instead of a single Nationals event, to move the event geographically closer to teams.