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I don't like any system that would reduce the importance of RCA. RCA winners should go and compete just like any other team that makes it to CMP. Remember that RCA is the culture changing part of FIRST, if you reduce it, then we are just a robotic competition, nothing more.

If an award needs to be removed from qualifying for CMP, I would suggest EI and then RAS in that order. But don't ever remove RCA from the mix.

Kara, in answer to your question earlier about RCA winners that don't go to CMP. They have to register for CMP just like any other team in order to compete for CCA. If they don't register, they do not compete for CCA.

I do like the idea of having events that do not qualify for CMP similar to what they do in FiM. So have qualifying competitions that lead to regionals that lead to CMP.

That should solve things until we get to the size where FLL is and you get to a lottery system and then some of the best teams risk not being able to go to CMP.