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Originally Posted by Michael Blake
In the District Model by broadening the amount of teams in a bounded geographic-region that can go to CMP, aren't you LOWERING-the-bar of entry?
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No to the no.
In 2013 there are 4 Texas Regionals, which is a grand total of 16 spots to worlds, pending the same qualification rules for worlds. Assuming that a team manages to grab a couple of those spots, let's assume that the number of teams representing from Texas is roughly 10.
Now, under the pre-district, pre-wildcard system, the 6 open spots go to anyone. Doesn't matter the quality of the team, or the team's robot.
In the wildcard system, the 6 open spots go to members who either played in finals or their backups, which we can say is drastic improvement.
I'm not 100% sure how the district system works, but if you say that the top 16 teams in points go, I still see that as a drastic improvement over the older model.
- Sunny G.