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One problem with "Home Regionals".
Team A has money for three regionals and championships. Team B has enough money for one regional, and if they win, they'll be able to barely get enough money for championships.
Team A goes to two other regionals as "practice" and just works on fixing the robot, not caring about the competition at all, since they can't win anything here.
At the third regional, Team A comes with a 100% functioning robot, and completely dominates Team B, who came with a working robot, but not a perfectly working robot. Team A goes on to the championships, while Team B still gets screwed over by their lack of money.
This is the biggest reason why the "Even/Odd" system is good. You will have a chance to go at least once, if not twice, during you time on the team as a high school student. Other systems still will favor the veterens and the teams with money, and there's no way around it, or none that I can easily see.
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