[Tottanka]

Am i the only one who thinks that 25% is ridiculously high?
With all due respect, only the best should attend Champs. (and i'm saying that as someone who is not from a "best" team).
You want to inspire more teams - make regionals more inspiring, like they are in Israel. Also - have a good quality webcast, like an ESPN thing, with reporters going between pits and visiting teams getting close ups on robots or something.

Also, from my experience, the teams who work the hardest, usually perform the best and will eventually attend champs, even if its only 10% of the teams. Making it into the top 10% is really mostly about working your bo(u)tts off...