Thread: Championships - Qualification Only Event?
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Re: Championships - Qualification Only Event?
Since I didn't see the data posted in this thread and I can't find the last thread with this data, here it is.

This year, there are a maximum of 366 merit-based positions (24 for past Chairman's Awards winners, original teams, last world champs and last EIA; 312 for all 52 Regionals [6 per]; 30 for FiM & MAR) to fill 400 total spots. Only 257 (+/-5) of these 366 spots were filled (meaning 109 merit-based slots were either filled by already qualifying teams or chose not to attend), resulting in a total of 143 (+/-5) buy-ins.

To recap:
366/400 merit-based spots
257/366 filled
143/400 buy-ins

If there were more events, or more ways to qualify, there'd be less buy-ins. But with the way FIRST has been growing, before long this won't be an issue. Then we'll have to figure out how to reduce the number of merit-based teams who qualify or increase the size of the Championship beyond 400 (I predict this will occur within the next 10 years).

Did I miss anything?
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