[Basel A]

There has been a lot of discussion about FIRST's decision to have split championships for the years 2017-2020. With only small changes that can be made to FIRST's plan, I'm not sure how much FIRST HQ or we, as a community, are getting out of it. Here's what I do know: with FIRST learning that west coast venues need to be reserved way in advance, HQ needs to be making decisions soon for the Championship in years 2021+.

Therefore, I believe it would be much more productive for us to discuss what FIRST HQ should do for the years where there is still latitude for them to do what the community would like. The first step is knowing where FRC will be by then. How many teams will there be? How many areas will be governed by districts?

While I don't anticipate that we'll come to a consensus on where FRC will be, the next step is to determine the progression to the final championship. How many teams should be at the final championship, and how do they get there? A couple options: directly from regionals and district CMPs (like now) or from super regionals. How many super regionals? How many teams at each? How do they qualify to be there? What locations would be ideal for those events?

Discuss.