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Originally Posted by artdutra04
The first 2-4 weeks of the competition season is local, district-level events limited to teams within 250 or so miles (actual distance varies by region). The last 3-4 weeks of the competition season is Regionals, exactly as they are structured now (free for any team to apply to). There may be an overlap of 1-2 weeks in the middle of the season.
Each portion of the country can also decide when their Regionals grow to capacity whether they would like to create a Double or Super Regional, start a new Regional, or start two district-level events. The ultimate choice should be up to the teams in that region (law of supply and demand) - let them choose/vote on what they would like most.
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Those are some good ideas.
The Michigan model took 3 regionals, converted one to the state championship (in week 6), and will have 7 district events (weeks 1-5). At a 3 into 1 ratio, that would mean if expanded continent-wide there would have to be 13 or 14 championships. It would be quite difficult to schedule all of them in week 6.
We may end up seeing some transition years until some areas of the country get enough teams to support a district/championship model. I'm not sure that choosing/voting whether or not to change is the proper concept - let's try "consensus" - but there would be some way to decide which regionals stay as traditional regionals while others convert to the district/champ format. It could be that some events could be hybrids - championships for those who advanced from districts, but also open to other teams on a open-registration basis.
Assuming, of course, that all goes well in FiM and the program will be expanded.