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Re: Proposal for the 2 Championship format

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Originally Posted by dodar View Post
You dont want one "lesser" championship but there will always be one if there are 2. One will have worse robots, one will have worse RCA teams(thats not a slight to teams, just using "worse" to keep context), one will have worse fields, one will have worse amenities. Any system that has more than 1 championship, will have event disparity.
Ask any kid in FLL that attended the U.S. Open if it felt like any "less" of an event. I only used that word because it was more descriptive. The only complaints I have heard from the FLL U.S. Open is that the event is poorly run and LegoLand is a terrible venue for it. There have been a few teams from WV represented both there and in St. Louis. The kids that went to the open were no less inspired and the event was no less exciting.

To clarify: 2nd place teams from FLL events are eligible for the U.S. Open. It is also open to those U.S. Tournaments who are not eligible to send their champions to the championship due to the lottery system.
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