[tedjtran]

The 2015 World Championship will have 8 subdivisions. Of those 8 subdivisions, a total of 64 alliances will compete for the title of "World Champions".

Being the college basketball enthusiast I am, I'm absolutely ecstatic that the playoff format of the World Championship is similar in size to the NCAA's March Madness. With so many alliances competing in one big tournament, almost anything can happen and that just sounds super exciting to me.

Hearing that 2017 will feature 2 championship events sounds like such a huge step down from what FIRST is doing this year. It just doesn't seem like a fitting end to an FRC season when there are 2 championship alliances.

I understand that FIRST wants more kids to experience championship events, but it also just seems odd to me to have 2 events located near the center of the States.