[thefro526]

One of the reasons that I'm so fond of 4 team alliances at an event like the Championship is that it gets more teams involved than the current system. Sure, you could say the backup teams "are involved" in the eliminations but it's really not the same as being an Alliance member.

The other reason I suggest going to 4 team alliances is so that a team won't ever have to make the decision between not running and losing or sitting out and not having the opportunity to play again. In a case like 177's they would've been able to sit out a match and properly repair their drive train without the use of a timeout or anything of the sort, and once it was fixed they would've been able to play again.