[the programmer]

I haven't read all 500 posts so I apologize if some of my ideas have already been said but to me, FIRST has a few options:

First, they could stick exactly to their current plan. To me, this is the worst option as now you'll only interact with half the teams in the world and instead of qualifying for a true championship, you basically qualify for a bigger regional.

The second option is to have the two championships but for them to culminate in a small event where one CCA winner is announced and one championship alliance is announced. This model would be scalable and the culminating event would be very spectator friendly, especially coupled with FTC and FLL. This still has the issue of region locking teams.

A third option would be for the first "CMP" to be similar to the NIT and the second to be like the NCAA tournament. This let's teams interact with other teams from all over the world but the NIT style event may not be the most inspiring.

A fourth option would be to have teams pick their CMP or have it randomly selected, this could culminate in a final event like in the second option.

I'm sure there are many other options but considering FIRST seems to be locked into these venues, these seem like the best options.