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Re: Qualifying for CMP in the future

Folks seem to be fixated on the "six or seven teams" part than the "per regional" part. Who says every event has to be a regional?

I know we compete at two events because we ALWAYS do better at our second event. It's happened every single season 2815's competed in FRC*.

*Okay, so it was hard to improve on regional champion this season...but even then, we ran better in qualification rounds at Palmetto.

If FIRST were to stage some more district-esque second-tier events, even without a formalized district system in an area, it might be able to reduce the number of regionals required to meet the needs of teams. It might be difficult to convert smaller/weaker existing regionals to these events, especially events in the Middle of Nowhere, but it would reduce the number of Championship slots needed.
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2004-2006: FRC 1293 (D5 Robotics) - Student, Mentor, Coach
2007-2009: FRC 1618 (Capital Robotics) - Mentor, Coach
2009-2013: FRC 2815 (Los Pollos Locos) - Mentor, Coach - Palmetto '09, Peachtree '11, Palmetto '11, Palmetto '12
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