What does the Chairman’s Award have to do with a robot contest?

[Bill Enslen]

OK, Nate, how would you propose to settle the eventual discussion about which robot was the National Champion, if there were two National Events?
My reasoning for FIRST to pick up the travel costs of the National Champion competition teams and their pit crews was that by the time a team finishes competing in Nationals, their budget is totally spent. The cost of 72 team members (12 from each of the six National Champion teams) would be less than $75,000, assuming a sufficient amount of time elapsed between Nationals and the Super-National. With FIRST having a surplus of $800,000 last year, that amount could easily be absorbed.
An alternative could be to stage the Super-National from the previous year at one of the two Nationals the following year. Any takers on that one?