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Originally Posted by AdamHeard
Other than getting rid of two champs, or moving the locations to make them more geographically balanced... what's the solution here?
If FIRST gave districts equal representation divided among both champs but a norther district was given the southern champs likely 2-4x farther from them, would that be acceptable?
Not disagreeing with you, more so rambling about how the quantity and locations of two champs makes it really hard to make any such assignment equitable.
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It's a tough problem, but I think it would have been better to either make or allow more teams from the north to travel south, even if it's a bit farther travelling than going to the North Championship. As long as it's not drastically worse than travel to Atlanta / STL, it's not a huge problem, and it would make distribution better.
The choices for locations are limited, but I think it would have been better to put more focus on a roughly equal number of eligible teams for each event versus minimizing travel time. That, or allow for some more "flex states" in the model that can pick either or, instead of the current system of a big wall with a few holes in it via the waitlist.