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Re: Championships location from 07 and onwards

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Originally Posted by rfolea View Post
So why not have TWO championships? (Has this been suggested? I didn't reead all 330 emails...)

One on the East Coast and one on the west coast?

Run 'em on the same weekend. Have each piped into the other so we can watch both live.


This keeps the costs down for the teams that can't travel, and still allows teams that want to travel an opportunity to go to the other coast.
Something similar happens with EARLY (Engineering and Robotics Learned Young) Competition that my team hosts. The American champions play against the South African champions by recording a match after the competition is over.

The thing is, FRC is not like that. There is a defense element in the recent FRC games. IF that defense element went away it would be possible but that would take some of the intensity and fun out of the games.

One championship is fine. If they want, they can relocate to a city where there are the most teams within a 50 mile radius so teams can drive to and from competition and save money, but then it will be in the northeast most likely around Michigan/Indiana [1] or somewhere in the North. Logically this would save the more teams money. What is the purpose of having two just because there are only 1/3-1/4 teams on the west coast and the other portion is all on the east? Many people think of their own teams but what they need to realize is that there are hundreds of teams at the Championships. But IF we wanted to do it the way I mentioned above, you might want to make it easier for ONLY the participating teams, so picking an area where most of the participating championships teams are located within a 50-100 mile radius is the most efficient way, BUT I don't think you can book huge arenas and complexes with two weeks notice.

[1] Post Reference - http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...&postcount=349
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Last edited by Pavan Dave : 02-08-2007 at 11:36. Reason: Added a reference. Wikipedia has taught me well.