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Re: [BB] Bills Blog 07/08/11
I've been thinking about Champs.
Assume a 360 team maximum capacity. Subtract the World Champions (3), HoF (15), and Sustaining teams (6) and you get 336 spots.
Let's be conservative and reserve 6 spots for special additions to the Championship (i.e. the rare 4th regional winner), to round to an even 330.
Michigan has just under 180 teams in their district, and they get 18 spots at the Championship. Right now, all of FRC could fit in just 12 districts of that size. Account for a few years of growth and some odd-sized districts and say that we plan for 16 districts of 180 teams each. That's enough for 2880 teams, and at our rate of growth that will last us quite awhile.
If the only things that qualify you for the championship are those 16 districts, you only need 288 spots reserved. This leaves 42 spots for open registration, even assuming an ideal FRC that has 2,880 teams!
Not only that, but well over half of the event will be there based on their robot's performance, making the Championship more competitive AND more accessible.
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