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Originally Posted by Sean Raia
I thought the idea mentioned in a previous thread, of turning one venue into the FIRST Festival (essentially more teams can qualify, rookies go here, other FIRST leagues compete, etc.) and the other into the FRC World Championship (less teams, higher standard) would be a fine way to do it.
Sure they already booked two venues, but they don't both need to be identical.
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If the number one concern is that there won't be a true champion, invite the winners of both events to compete against one another.
If the number one concern is that there won't be a true champion without an additional event, have one championship event be like the NCAA tournament and the other be like the NIT.
If the number one concern doesn't have to do with crowning a true champion, or decreasing the competitiveness of the event, but that the concern is that teams from different parts of North America will never interact, allow teams to indicate their preference when signing up for the event.
FIRST's biggest concern right now is that they cannot find a way to make sure every team is able to go to a FRC championship event within a student's high school career, and I think they're addressing it head on. Best thing we can do as a community is to brainstorm different ways to make it a success.