[thefro526]

Originally Posted by sgreco

In declaring a winner, you're also inherently declaring losers. How was it fair for FIRST to tell 118, 2194, 548, 1114, 2056, 4334, 233, 207 and 987 that they lost? None of these teams ever lost a legitimate round at the championships. This is the biggest question mark for me.

There was discussion while matches were being played on Einstein about giving everyone there a finalist medal. Most people there were instantly turned off to the idea since that meant there would be no winner.

Honestly, to me, that would've been more offensive than anything. I'd rather lose to the field and have a winning Alliance of 16, 25 and 180 than be called an Einstein Finalist along with 11 other teams.