New Home for Nationals

[Amy Beth]

Personally, i totally disagree with the idea of separate nationals. The thing i like best about nationals is getting to compete against all the teams. To have separate nationals would be not much different than just two great big regionals. What is the purpose? Not to mention, i don't think Disneyland in Anaheim could hold more than about 100 teams. Y'all forget that while Disneyworld is its own county, Disneyland is in a large metropolitan area. I think it would be a great place for a regional, but short of closing the parks, i see no way they could ever host a national comp.

Also, i initially was totally against this even number/odd number system. It made no sense to me. I figured, if a team couldn't manage to qualify on their own, they had no right competing at nationals. Well, since the regional this weekend, i have most definitely changed my mind. Just because a team does not have paid engineering help, they are no less a part of FIRST than Kingman or Beatty. Many small teams can't afford to go to nationals anyway, but i think there should be some allowance for those who can afford it to go at least every few years. Whether they keep this system or not, i hope the new system has some allowance for teams to go taht is not based on rankings.