[RoundTabler]

The problem with some of these proposals is that they remove things that teams can grow in. If you make it so every rookie team can be as good as the team that hasn't lost a regional yet...I would say that is a problem. One of the major aspects of FIRST is that you get out of it what you put into it. So, if you are willing to put more into it, you should have an advantage over those who don't. If you get more sponsors, work on CAD training, do 'moni build seasons', and other pre-build season prep, you should be better off than a team that doesn't.

My 2 cents.