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Re: Proposal for the 2 Championship format

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Originally Posted by alopex_rex View Post
Our team works about an hour from Detroit, and I can assure you we would be VERY frustrated if one year we had to go to the Houston Championship, whether it was the more or less prestigious championship. Obviously the venues weren't picked solely on the basis of minimizing travel costs, but that doesn't mean you can say that that wasn't a real consideration: given the large number of teams in Michigan, and particularly the large number of Michigan teams that qualify for Champs, holding a championship in Detroit makes a lot of sense.

In general I think the geographic factor is the fatal flaw in any plan like this to differentiate the championships. For many teams in the Midwest/East one of the two championships is significantly closer than the other one, and forcing a team to go to the further one seems almost cruel.
And yet those of us out in many other states are forced to travel great distances to Champs EVERY single year... Many sports hold their championships in a variety of cities (yes partly to share the access to economic advantages of holding the competitions) but also as a gesture of fairness to competing teams (home field advantages, etc...). Sorry, but it's hard to buy your argument for cruelty unless it applies to others as well.
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