[Rosiebotboss]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

While this may not be the best system to some people, thank you to the individuals who worked long and hard on this project to bring together so many ideas regarding a standard point system! I can't wait to see where this leads with inter-district play!

I too am confused as to why Rookies are held point wise on the same level as a Chairman's award winning team. I agree there are challenges and hurdles to jump through but considering some rookies bring home 1-2 rookie awards before even considering their robot performance, standing, and elimination results the system does seem uneven. Only time will tell, let's give it a season and see how it goes.

I would imagine the discussion around giving rookie and second year a "bonus" is to give them a little better opportunity to see, smell, taste, feel the "Wow!" factor of FIRST and get to the "Big Dance".