Predictions: The Return of One Championship?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Rangel(kf7fdb)

Personally, I don't see a single championship making a comeback. I don't think it will be sustainable or reasonable when FIRST has to make that decision again and by that time most teams will be used to having multiple championships. In fact after so many ancient threads being referenced express opposite feelings about competition, there might be outrage if a single championship makes a comeback later in the future.

I do think it'll make a comeback.

Back when ChampionSplit was announced, I posited that, if certain events happened, FIRST would reinstate a single Championship event. The primary item in that "certain events" was lots of districts, along with associated DCMPs. Then you get 4x "Super Regionals" and one Championship Event above the DCMPs and any remaining Regionals. At one time, this was the theoretical supposed model that FIRST was targeting, and some speculation ran that the ChampionSplit was in response to it not coming fast enough. I still think that can happen, probably around the 2020/2021 timeframe when the current contracts are up.

However, getting the split back together is going to be like taking the BCS to the CFP. Can be done, but it's not easy.