FIRST 5 years from now

[wasabi824]

on the last day of nationals, i think many people noticed the FIRST banner over the second flight of escalators... next year's nationals in Anaheim! more interesting though was the fact that the competition will A) be in may, much later than any other nationals? and B) is 4 days long!

obviously, this means more teams, more fun, more competition, but there are also some negative implications... people have more work to make up when they get back to school, an extra night of hotel and food costs...

i want to hear what people think on what FIRST is gonna be like a few years from now. with the exponentially growing number of teams, will it grow too fast for the supporting volunteers and facilities? I wish dean kamen & co. the best of luck, and things worked out fine this year, but it seems like too many teams will eventually run the competition amok...

what do folks think? i'm sorta looking at this from a practical/economic aspect...