By 2017 there could be somewhere in the neighborhood of 3600 teams. So each championship event will draw from a pool of about 1800 teams to award chairmans, EI, WFA, etc. Most people here seem to view this as a disaster, Id call it 2010. I was at worlds in 2010 and I don't think it was that bad. The sky wasn't falling from any part of the arena.
As far as awards go, The way I see it this affects 6 teams per year. There will be 2 winning alliances, but thats still a huge accomplishment. All the other awards will have the same value and importance as past years.
What did everyone expect, seriously, FIRST is getting bigger.
My 2 cents
