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Originally Posted by Cory
Except still super flawed because the alliances would all be formed geographically and as such would probably be less competitive (and not as compelling for TV) than a situation where district champs are expanded and retitled as "super regionals" that then feed one central championship event with fewer teams.
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Allowing teams to shuffle between events (with provisions to preserve total numbers and always let local teams attend the nearer event if they want) would break down the barriers at zero cost to FIRST.
I think our collective competitive juices could help keep the events more or less balanced. For every team that thinks "I want to be on an alliance with 1114!", there is one that thinks "I want to go to the other event and meet them in the Superbowl". Plus there are still 'random' divisions at each event.