[nic_radford]

Every time I read a post on this thread that only simply talks about the logistics of Triple Replay and how unfeasible they are, is really missing the point of why Lucien created it. In reality, we all know that Triple Replay has no more chance of becoming a reality than calling an "All-in" bet to draw to an inside straight. However, I feel it is an interesting vehicle for discussion -One of which most of us has avoided discussing- Why FIRST is collapsing under it's own weight. Dean wants more teams, but realistically doesn’t have a way to support more teams. Why isn’t nationals open to 1000 teams? Seems to me we can’t support the teams we have. Surely there are more scientists that we could name divisions after. Let me pose this point another way. If the amount of FIRST teams in the world were to double in size next year, would we still only have 400 teams at nationals? Then if not, why don’t we have more teams at nationals anyway?