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Re: Qualifying for CMP in the future
If a three-tier system were to hit the contiguous states and Canada, you would register for FRC through a regional cooperative of your choosing. (For instance, I would join the hyothetical FIRST Capital Reigon Co-op, consisting of VA, MD, DC, and NEARBY TEAMS) So, you do not have to be locked into any specific co-op, but whichever one you choose to go into, you work to qualify for that regional championship.
If this system is mandated across all of the contiguous states and Canada, teams are allowed to attend any district event, but they will take their top two district scores to qualify for the regional championship held by the co-op they registered with.
This method eliminates teams from being locked out by any border constructed by FIRST. The teams make their own choice for where they want to qualify.
While making 15 state and super regional championships, and two traditional regionals, FRC is cutting down on the bids that are spoken for in both RCA/EI/RAS and general champion bids.
This has been mentioned in a few different iterations, but I want to mesh the idea above with another: the "Kamen" division. The Kamen division is where all 50 or so teams with RCA/EI/RAS bids will be grouped into. They will have their own pits, and play in the dome on a third field, for the whole competition. Every match they play will feature an RCA, EI, and RAS team in an alliance on both sides. At the end, the top four alliances move into the 8 slot of another division. Another option would be to have Kamen compete like the other four divisions, then make Einstein a "Round Robin" where each team plays the other twice, and the two best records go to a best-of-three finals.
There are ways they can make this work for everyone.
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