Predictions: The Return of One Championship?

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Originally Posted by The other Gabe

money doesn't come out of thin air unfortunately (and if it did, I suppose we would have found something else to be our currency). how would the events be funded if not with registration costs?

Good question. Maybe we can let event sponsors use students on these teams for free labor over the summer. Just make each team that doesn't want to pay registration give their best students mandatory unpaid internships.

In all seriousness, cost is probably the biggest reason I would expect single champs won't return for a while. Far enough in the future when 80% of the teams good enough to go to theoretical super regionals and champs can afford both, it will happen. 2026-2030 is my best guess. Possibly sooner if the single champs is in the 300ish or less teams range.