[EricH]

Jonathan, Bill's Blog stated that teams could sign up for any regional, but FRC reserved the right to equalize the double regionals such that they weren't all rookies, or so that the regionals had about the same number of teams. (From http://frcdirector.blogspot.com/2010...efore-you.html )

As regards having a "championship" match at double regionals, Alex is correct. By the time awards are over, teams just want to get out of there. The only people that want to get out of there more than the teams are the volunteers, and the FTA and teardown crew don't leave until the truck is being loaded, or in the FTA's case, has left fully loaded. If half the crew has to stay an extra half-hour or so due to teams playing more, I don't think the road cases, and therefore the truck, will get loaded as fast.

As it is, teams wanting pictures on the official field have to do it quickly, because the field is coming down around them as they do it.