I think FIRST and Disney really need to figure something else out. There are so many deserving teams of going to Nationals, it's to hard to say someone can't go. For instance, if my team wasn't even this year, even after all of the awards and successes we had, we wouldn't been invited to Nationals. My thought is, either have a west coast Nationals and an east coast Nationals, one at Disney World, and one at Disneyland. Or, hold it all at Disney World, they are incredibly large in size, and would be able to accomidate everyone. They have MGM, Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and Animal Kingdom. Have four 'mini' competitions, with each being a division. They could accomodate the amount of teams that go to Nationals x3 by using the other locations. Then take so many of the top alliances from each of the four divisions (perhaps the Finalists & Winner), have them meet at a central location (maybe Epcot), and have the Championship Finals. This way, for many years, Nationals can continue to grow in size. Lets say there will be a max of 300 teams in each division, that means Disney could easily accomodate 1,200 teams for Nationals!
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