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Re: # of Divisions at Championships

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Originally Posted by tim-tim View Post
Currently shows 8 divisions at St. Louis 2017, same for Houston.



Why not have two fields per division and get the "best" of both worlds? More matches and more teams in a division.
Using 50 teams/division as the talking point for now, this would mean that 32 of the 50 move on to eliminations, or 64% of the teams. At what point does it take away from the "championship" experience?[size="1"]*SIZE] Most teams dream of making it champs and playing Saturday. We should continue to make it a position to strive for; versus, if we make it to champs we have a good chance of playing in eliminations. Each milestone in the season should be more challenging to accomplish. Most of this goes away of the divisions are more than 50 teams, but then it opens up a whole different story. 75 teams/ division, 600 teams per champs, 1200 teams between the combined champs; but I digress.

*Yes, I understand that the experience is already taking a hit by splitting to two locations; but there is nothing we can do about that at the moment.
I like this idea of 2 field divisions. Another thing you could add into this is to make the divisions run as Octo-Finals with 16 alliances, it won't fix the depth of field issues but I think it would help.
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