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Originally Posted by IKE
I would prefer the two to be stand-alone events that are full "regional" championships.
I would like to see FIRST then do a head to head championship from the two regionals at some other date/time/location. This is not so much to indentify the one true champion, but to turn that into a TV special. The quality of those 2 alliances should be quite high, and worthy of Television. Having it as a seperate event could allow for a higher production level (in terms of TV) type event. The proram could have some highlights from the two other championships, and then lead into matches for these two alliances.
If FIRST really wants to be known and change/influence culture, having a good TV special would go a long way.
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Problem: there won't be 20,000 people in the stands. TV wants an event to show that it has crowd interest. (My favorite sport track & field has this problem now.) The final championship can't be held in isolation with little apparent enthusiasm. And viewers will wonder why the semifinals had 20,000 viewers and the final has a relative handful. Also TV wants a "story" that is both engaging and easy to explain. In track meets there often will be several key competitors. The producer will tell the spotters/prep folks that they must pick only one favorite and one rival to make the presentation compelling. (I know several of the TV spotters for the Olympic track broadcasts.) Packaging a presentation is a bigger process than simply setting up the event.