Florida format has no bonuses (this format is
also used for Panasonic Academic Challenge--an
excellent tournament!)and it seems to work very well,
though an individual match is long: 60 questions with
team activities in-between, usually lasting an hour
and a half or so.
And MrSmiley4: since your
team usually makes it to my "best-of-the-best"
tournament every year, be forewarned: I plan to use Florida
format next year :-) [but I forget if you're a junior or
a senior!).