[EricH]

Originally Posted by Alex2614

Who knows, maybe this is a hybrid between when they can get districts everywhere. Maybe after districts are everywhere they can reevaluate the one champ model, but maybe they will outgrow the championship for a few years, and this is their TEMPORARY solution. We don't know.

I'm actually thinking that this is more correct. My hunch is that these aren't going to replace the Championship for long, but eventually they'll replace the DCMPs in whole or in part and there will be a Championship again.

Think about it this way: How many district systems are currently in play? (5) How many areas are seriously thinking about going district? (I've heard of at least 2-3 more; other areas have grave concerns about some aspects of the idea and may take some "convincing".) How much of FRC do those district systems cover currently? (About 28%, so give-or-take a third) But it's taken 7 long years from the announcement and all the flack at that time to get to those 5 district systems covering a third of the competition. I'm guessing that in about 10 years, we'll see a Championship again, could be sooner if Districts take off all over the place. (And, I remember hearing a way long time back that FIRST did want those smaller events all over the place rather than the larger events. This is back when alliances were still a new idea, as I recall. Definitely before autonomous was a thing.)