[RogerR]

i don't think that an off-season event would be a valid option. its hard enough to get money to go to nationals, in georgia. if this event is gong to draw a geographically diverse group of teams, then its going to have to happen at nationals, when you have a relatively high concentration of these top-choice teams under one roof. but as its already been stated, doing it at the end of nationals isn't plausable either, because of time constraints.

so why not have it on the first day during practice rounds? take 15 or so teams from each division and put them into a temporary "people's choice" division for practice day. this division would compete on einstein field (assuming its not gone or in use on practice day next year) for practice day, and then return normal divisions for the last two days for qualifacation and final rounds.