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Originally Posted by AGPapa
By my count there are 13 awards in FiM that are worth points (14 in MAR). If only 14 or so teams are eligible for these awards then there is a near 100% chance of earning one. That is ridiculous. The awards would be basically meaningless.
Using that system a team attending Bedford as a second district would have a huge advantage over teams that did not.
Giving away free points is not the answer.
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Bedford is a pretty crazy situation with only 14 second event teams competing, so I'll agree with you that this isn't a fantastic recommendation for that event. When you look at a more typical late season event like Livonia and Troy, I still think it would make a good change.
That being said, I have a feeling that even if you gave 2-5 points to all 14 of the second event teams at Bedford, they may may still have a hard time hitting the 24 point average.
EDIT: Just to be clear, I'm not advocating that any third event teams this year purposely ask judges to not to give them awards or decline alliance selections or anything of that sort. I personally think that the FiM rules for next year should be changed to eliminate third events, and if that's not possible, changed to not allow third event teams to get awards.