[Steven Donow]

Plenty of things to go in both threads, but my initial though about Champs itself is the level to which badges/lanyards were regulated.

For those who weren't there, essentially everyone was required to wear a namebadge similar to a volunteer badge. Enforcement of this was incredibly strict. I saw many students, in groups all wearing the same team clothing, get seperated from their groups and not allowed through certain doors because they didn't have their badge. Even an, 'I'm going to the stands, my badge is there' was responded to with a, 'You need to go down to the registration desk'. Not to mention the fact that they were only allowing one direction at a time Saturday morning between the pits and stands, even going as far as cutting off teams from walking together...