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Originally Posted by Loose Screw
I still think the idea of super-regionals is the best for FIRST....
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If I can condense you idea down even further. Your idea had 4 tiers; I think it can be done better in 3.
The reason most of the ideas proposed in this thread are bad is because they require additional travel/cost/time out of school for only the winning alliance(s), which will never fly if the main motivation is "inspiration". Thus, I suggest:
Tier 1: Districts and Regionals
Tier 2: District Championships and Super Regionals
Tier 3: World Championship
Regionals would feed into 100-400 team Super-Regionals (such as Houston or Detroit) [not directly into the WC]. The # of teams moving on from the Sup Reg to the WC would be proportional to the # of teams competing at the event, similar to how the # from a DCMP is proportional to the District size. District teams would be completely unaffected in this plan. Non US/Canada areas like Israel, China, and Australia could either convert to Districts immediately or just get a free pass to the WC if the desire to prevent them from flying to two America-located Championships exists.
This plan gives every team competing at a District OR Regional Event a persistent 25% chance to compete in a championship environment (for inspirational purposes), while maintaining the quality of the World Championship. Every event gets to see its champions crowned and
all World Championship teams get to see the World Champion crowned.