[EricH]

Originally Posted by Flimsor

Also, has FIRST actually had this setup for 25 years?

Nope. Not by a long shot.

For starters, FRC isn't 25 years old, though FIRST is. FRC started play in 1992.
Next, there was only one competition for several years, so that knocks that time down further.
Up until somewhere around 2000, teams at Nationals rotated fields--so your division might be on any one of the 5 fields (or was it only 4 back then? I forget).

The latest the current setup could have started was 2003 Championship (in Houston). So, the Curie Curse ran from 2003 (or so) through 2013, then broken. 11 to 14 years, no more, and no less.




If we really wanted a challenge, anybody want to go after the Chicago Cubs' curse? It's only been 106 years since they won a World Series, right?