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Originally Posted by Tom Line
I suspect there are far more diplomatic ways to communicate your point in an eloquent and respectful manner.
I, for one, happen to agree with Jared. Many students and teams, mine included, take a great deal of pride and inspiration out of the product that we place on the field. Keep in mind that we are a multi-time chairman winner, so I think our kids 'get' what the program is about.
It is not inspiring when the primary driving force behind your Championship robot result is pure random chance. That's the most non-inspiring situation I can think of. It's tantamount to randomly picking a Chairman's winner. How truly inspiring would that be?
I fully support adopting a country wide district system. If your team is unable to attend two regionals, you can submit a hardship form to FIRST that, when accepted doubles your result in your first district. Points are distributed in the same manner they are in the Michigan System, and at the end of the year a certain number of robots at the top are invited to participate in the World Championship.
I would eliminate the purchase / wait option and (gasp) the auto-chairmans invites as well.
The only option I see to bringing the number of matches up to what they should be (12 or more) is to reduce the number of teams at the Championship. You could also start matches much earlier on Tuesday: this is champs and your robot should be pretty close to dialed-in after your districts/regionals/bag windows etc.
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I agree 100%, though the argument for the chairman's auto qualifying is if you don't then how many teams are going to send their chairman's presenters to Champs just to present?