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Re: Registration 2013

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Originally Posted by JB987 View Post
Looks like FIRST has been busy brainstorming reconfigurations. Check out slide 8...

http://www.nefirst.org/2012/07/28/town-hall-meeting-ct-recap/


Not crazy about what appears to be a disproportionate allocation of CMP slots for international teams in the near future.
I had no idea that it was public that FIRST wanted to move over to the district system, it just seemed as obvious as gravity. I assume we will see a wave of regions switch over to the district model this offseason, which I suspected after seeing a quick first-year success with MAR on top of the continuing success in Michigan.

I think the idea of super regionals is frankly, a scary one. You would create massive scheduling nightmares and severely affect the average team's budget if they made it that far. At this point in time, it seems almost nebulous. For the time being you can still easily allocate slots to teams right off of their single or multi-state district competitions rankings. Don't go trying to turn FRC on its head, just direct it to a more sustainable growth model.