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Originally Posted by Squillo
Why isn't this a good idea? Someone shoot me down, I can't wait to hear it.
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I think it's a pretty good proposal.
I also like that you hit the nail on the head with identifying the cost problem associated with adding another layer, like superregionals, to the mix.
I've thought a lot about this since I saw the announcement. It's a hard problem to solve, for sure. I think there's a reason that high school sports in general don't have national, much less world, championships.
But for those who have to figure out what to really do, the point I would raise to them is that it is not just the "super" teams, i.e. those who might realistically compete for a world championship, that are inspired by the event.
No little kid has ever dreamed of winning 1 of 2 gold medals to be handed out at half of the Olympics. You don't have to participate in those games to be inspired. The existence of that world championship provides inspiration, even to run of the mill teams. The existence of a very large competition with lots of people at it including teams from half of the world, not as much.
Maybe there is just no way to solve the cost problems associated with holding a real world championship as First grows. Let's not pretend, though, that we can hold two events, call them championships, and they will be the same thing.