I would like to see events at less known Engineering Universities. I wish I had the stat mentioned at Kettering, but a huge percentage of students there come from first. I know a lot fo our kids consider and go to Grand Valley because of West Michigan.
Regionals are way too expensive for a university to pick up on their own tab (I commend Purdue's organizers for finding funds), but Districts are cheaper than sending out brochures to 100,000 students.
If FIRST wants a less painful way of rolling out the system, then loaning fields to Universities and High Schools to do off season events is a smart plan. Give them a chance to get a taste for an event.
If districts were prevalent, I hope they would be able to tear down borders and let teams go to whatever district or Regional Championship they choose.
Sorry, I just really like this one and don't get to use it often enough.