pic: Houston Venue for Championship 2017

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

They could do it MSC style and have each division have tow fields and bounce back and forth between even and odd matches and do a dozen matches for each team like like MSC does.

Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV

5 Divisions each with 80 teams and a full round robin for Einstein. Everyone plays every other division once and the best 2 records play a best 2 out 3 finals.

While it does work well for drive teams and volunteers, MSC two-field style is not going to be good for those in the stands. This is because bleacher seats for two fields will not provide adequate viewing of both fields. The much larger seating capacity of the Deltaplex (22 rows on one side, 36 rows on the other) make seeing both MSC fields easy from most seats. Bleacher seats will likely be 15 rows.

80 teams is still too many to share bleachers and allow adequate views for scouting.

So, I think 8 subdivisions of 50 teams each makes the most sense. 100 qualifying matches, 12 plays per team. That will sort out the subdivision seeds.

I also like round robin Einstein, but maybe in four groups? Four alliances per round robin group, comprising finalists from each subdivision. Then send group winners to the final four. Group play on the convention hall fields, final four in the big arena.