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Re: Division by average
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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery View Post
Ignoring the ridiculous level of luck/complexity involved that would make throwing matches to manipulate your division unrealistic (especially for anyone outside of the three events competing week 7), there's a simple "fix." You simply don't tell teams that you're sorting divisions by average score before you perform the sort.
You are correct.

Look, I'm not arguing that the logistics of making it happen are practical. I am only saying that if divisions were sorted this way, and they know about it, then it opens up a motivator for teams to not play fairly. It would seem counter to the recent openness of FRC to hide the sorting process.
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