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Originally Posted by Carolyn_Grace
Will there be less inspiring people?
Or will there be more people inspiring there, who we haven't collectively discovered?
Perhaps there will be more opportunity for upcoming inspiring people to step out of the shadows of others.
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Or will "more be inspired" by the inclusion annually of another 400 teams gaining the Championships experience in 2017, over the 2014 Championships? (Yes, they added 200 this year and possibly next, but was that to gradually prepare and slide into the even higher inclusion and get set for 2017?)
Which is the already stated goal by FIRST and The Committee that was no real secret (3 Doc's were listed in the other thread, some repeatedly). There was a roadmap and tea leaves (only the final result was an actual secret), and they have already said they are listening and wish to work with the community to help cure the biggest ills of a completion of an annual Championship that many do seek as inspiration they put forth for their teams as a mission ...My take...The Community missed the hints and street signs along the way (I think in hindsight and looking back over all that was said and laid out over the last 3 or so years), mainly because the community as a whole, or here on CD at least, simply don't want the current conditions to be modified or change.
But continued existensial growth is requiring it do so (change), or we add another expensive & time consuming layer taxing all teams. Mix em up often(as most teams really won't save that much money anyway given the locations), and send the winners only from South to North to finish off Einstein, set aside $50.00 from each of the 800 Teams entries, and give each of the 4 Teams 10K addl'. expense money to fly home & back (shipping their Robots and equipment from Houston to Detroit), only 4 teams get that inconvenience...The 4 teams w/ a 50/50 shot at a Championship after Championship #1 each year.
Or, Set aside $100.00 from each of the 800 Teams and bring all 8 Teams back mid-June for a Televised Superbowl Of FIRST FRC World Champs Playoffs (Best of 5, or 7, or even a Best of 9 matches), giving each team 10K for expenses, and ship all 8 teams Bots & Tools to that location as soon as their Co-Champs matches are completed. A showcase event both Alliances would certainly deserve...The Full Red Carpet Treatment! (Then send them to The Whitehouse, or maybe Disneyworld!)
Hey, hold that Championship Playoffs it at either place.