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Originally Posted by SuperNerd256
Wow that's a lot of teams! Just putting my $00.02 in, I think it can be unfair for any one team to be allowed win more than one regional. They're already going to the championships, so why not give another alliance the chance to make it to St. Luis? Just my opinion here.
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Keep in mind that those teams that win multiple Regionals also have given their alliance partners a ticket to Championship as well. It has been mentioned that teams on the wait-list will get to go, and that is true as well.
As for the Michigan teams (where some of these multiple-event winners are from), teams are NOT automatically qualified for Championship OR The MSC by winning a district. Teams must compete for points, and at the end of the season, the teams with most points qualify for The MSC (plus Chairman's Award winners, assuming they don't have enough points to qualify).
Besides, it should be noted that these powerhouse teams are essential to FIRST Robotics. As far as I am concerned, FIRST would not be as successful as it is without powerhouse teams doing what they do best: winning. Seeing a team like 1114 win an ungodly amount of events makes one ask, "How can I make MY team compete at that level?" I talked about this a little bit when JVN posted about multiple-championship-winning teams getting an auto-in to the Championship event. While all teams should have the opportunity to compete, one must also recognize that the teams that win year-after-year will not ALWAYS be perfect, don't win the Championship EVERY year, and are part of the culture change that FIRST is attempting to create.