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Originally Posted by Siri
I'm not really talking about Jared's opinion, just my own. (I happen to agree with what I think he said, but he's plenty capable of speaking for himself should he choose.) For myself, I'm curious about how you're measuring inspiration. If wildcards are ok, what's inherently wrong with, say, a points-based (a la districts) waitlist system? Why is getting rid of the list entirely better than inviting via performance rather than lottery?
The negative lesson learned here for me is that FRC is hitting the point where attending Worlds has the potential to be less inspiring to teams than actually qualifying. I don't think it's there yet, but this year's 8 matches is definitely going that direction. I don't envy FIRST is the decision of how far to diminish the Worlds experience for one set of teams in order to accommodate those that achieved less success in that season.
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How about this: Instead of inviting teams that may end up discouraged from poor performance against extremely competitive teams, instead have less teams total and use some of the extra funds generated from a smaller amount of teams to bring some of those struggling teams to championship to watch. I suspect the teams that really need the championship experience are not the ones that can afford to pay full price, but the ones that cannot afford to, and cannot afford the travel cost.
However, I realize that logistically this would be a nightmare, but just a thought. Perhaps one that could spark a better idea?