[KeeganP]

Originally Posted by efoote868

The distribution of teams across events hasn't been announced. What I've read on this thread is that we're afraid of the Championship competition becoming less competitive through splitting of powerhouse teams.

What if it doesn't have to be that way?

What if the 2nd/3rd pick on each winning alliance, the wait-listed qualifiers and other teams are invited to one championship, and the alliance captains and 1st picks are invited to the other championship?

That seems to maintain the competitiveness while simultaneously including more teams.

That only solves ½ the issue most people on here are discussing. What you propose effectively creates the NCAA tournament and the NIT tournament. Those going to the NCAA-FRC tournament will be greatly inspired and excited about what they see. Those going to the NIT-FRC tournament will almost certainly be less-excited, and they won't get the full "championship experience" because they won't get to see the best of the best teams compete.

The problems most of us seem to be having with this announcement are:

a) FIRST didn't ask teams what they feel may be the best course of action and instead effectively divided the community into North/South

b) Championships is no longer championships, which invokes the questions like "who really wins?" "Do we have enough volunteers?" "Is Championships really Championships anymore?" and dozens more

c) The general direction FIRST seems to now be heading is not what most of us envisioned FIRST should be heading in. FIRST is not always incredibly open with what their goals are and what their methods of achieving their goals are, and that has become a frustration for many over the past years.

(These are my opinions and may not directly reflect the thoughts of all others on this thread, but I tried my best to summarize.)