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There are about 800 teams or so this year, only 280 teams get to go to Champsionship event.

There will be 1000 teams next year, and I doubt they can get more teams than 280~300 into Champ. They barely had enough staff/volunteers to run 4 fields this year. Any more teams would mean much less matches per teams within the 3 days.

When we reach to 1200 teams, or even 1400 teams, it will be impossible to use the current qualification system.

Eventually they will have to focus less in the championship event, and focus more into regional competitions. Just imagine having 2000 teams in the future. If you are thinking long terms, it is near impossible to come up with a good process without using regional champions, technical awards, and chairman/engineering inspiration award winners to qualify for the competition. There should also be regional woodie flowers award to recognize the huge amount of amazing people out there.

I would love to see regional championship events (maybe 4 of them around the country, and increase depending on how many teams there will be), where teams qualified for them can choose whichever one to go to. They won't be as good as everyone around the country competing together, but at least a big part of them.

At the end... I can see the "Championship Event" being a giant PR event for the biggest sponsors/VIPs to go see the big show, with the best teams and best award entries, but that's about as important as it will gets. If teams want to play each other, they will have to go to different regionals.

Also, I would love to see FIRST giving support for post season competitions, such as renting the innovation FIRST control systems, and the field parts. Then the local teams can take care of managing the event, and get more chances to play other teams. These will be one of the most important events for teams to socialize with each other, and have fun and get to know each other in a smaller environment.
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