[EricH]

Originally Posted by dodar

Other than giving recognition to famous scientists/engineers/inventors, I don't really see a reason to not just use the same division names for both championships.

Imagine this conversation:
"Curie is the most stacked division ever! Newton 2016 isn't even close!"
"Dude, what are you talking about? Curie is so weak that *random other division* could beat it with two robots!"
"Whaddaya mean, weak? With[list of legendary teams], there's no way it can lose!"
"Those teams aren't in that division, what are you talking about?"
*cue discussion to figure out what's going on, several posts later...*
"OH! I meant Curie South! You're talking about Curie North!"

Sometimes, it's better to just have different names than to use *name**descriptor*.