[AdamHeard]

I don't think many people in this discussion have yet realized that the two sides are so far apart (and viewing things from such extremely different directions) that they aren't even having the same argument.

Unrelated to the above point... By putting less focus on competition (which is a direction of thinking this decision indicates) you alienate a portion of the community. This portion is the one doing most of the high level inspiration and training of the community, and losing even a percentage of them will have trickle down affects that lower the quality of all teams.

Sure, moving to a two champs format (more of a convention/festival) you make all the teams that are nerd clubs happier... but nerd clubs don't really change the culture (yes, you all have anecdotal examples). Most of the population has no desire to join a nerd club. It's easy to get high and mighty and look down on them for not seeing things "our way", but the organization needs to realize that we need to bring in more outsides, and to do so we need to get away from being nerd clubs.

The general public wants competition and excitement. There is no reason an increase in competition has to lead to a decrease in sportsmanship (aka GP). By hinting that GP can only be maintained with competition being sub-servant sends the message to students that they can't be competitive AND have GP.