[saikiranra]

One of the supposed sentiments behind this change is to reduce over all costs for teams who have to travel far to get to champs, but this hardly makes it better for teams on the West Coast. The PNW district and California need to travel farther (or the same distance), which doesn't improve the situation for us. Not to mention, this changes almost nothing for a lot of the non-American subcontinent teams.

Another sentiment of this change is to make FRC more inclusive. It seems like a more cost-effective and inclusive solution to change most areas to districts, where teams who don't usually make it to Champs can attend district champs.

This decision shows the large disconnect between HQ and the actual teams. Hopefully something constructive can come out of this.