[Chris is me]

I really don't want second picks to be universally not included. I believe a lot of second picks are what make the difference between winning and losing particular regionals, and no system designed to exclude the so called "carried" second picks could be perfectly fair to those that made very legitimate contributions to the alliance. For example, the WPI Regional this year would not have been won if 3044 was not on the winning alliance.

I heard an idea at the Championships that I don't know if I support. The idea was essentially to allow an optional, opt-in "fifth division" for rookie all star winners, culture change award winners that did not medal at events, etc. That way, these teams get the "championship experience" while not dragging down the level of play or being forced to play nightmare match after nightmare match. The division would be optional so that rookies who feel they can handle the big dogs could still compete in the normal four divisions.