Frank Answers Fridays: Expanded Championship Qualification

[Zebra_Fact_Man]

After rereading this entire thread, I still have a couple questions unanswered:

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

In the presentation FIRST was giving to areas about districts, the super regional model is already their plan.

Districts > District Champs > Regional Champs (200-400 teams?) > World Champs

1. Was this presentation ever cited specifically in this thread or only referenced? I HAVE seen a presentation that referenced possible super-regional championships, and I want to make sure that the one I saw is the same one everyone is referencing here.

2. I don't see the purpose of adding another layer of competitions in-between State/Regional CMP and the FRC CMP any time soon. In a universal district system, if the whole idea with proportional representation is to reserve a number of slots proportional to the size of the district, as FRC grows can't we simply adjust the number of slots allotted to each region?
I suppose if FRC ever grew to near capacity this may become a problem then, but we're at least 2 decades away before that could ever become a problem.

I think it's becoming fairly obvious (to myself at least) that regionals are becoming increasingly difficult to fit into the qualification structure we find ourselves in. Honestly ~600 FRC teams competing in one event is going to be a logistical nightmare (or close to one), and then when we hit that max. barrier with regionals, are we going to try to expand again? Universal District Championships are expandable and proportional, and can allow us to cap the World Championship at whatever number we feel like. Why isn't FIRST Headquarters encouraging regions to transition to districts (faster)? Clearly they work.