[Joseph1825]

There is something that bugs me in this discussion each time it comes up; when people say "Don't bring the top down, bring the bottom up." In this situation those two things are exactly the same. This is a zero sum game, when the bottom alliances have a higher chance of winning the top alliances have a lower chance of winning. So the real question should be, how likely should the top alliances be to win, and how likely should the bottom alliances be to win?
However, the best changes can be ones that don't affect the win rate. I think the new wild card rules this year are great and help more deserving teams qualify for Champs without skewing the win rate at regionals too far either direction.