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Re: Division by average
Sounds like a reasonable idea to me; it seems like FIRST is probably more likely to use a different method though (like the sequential-by-registration-order method).
The obvious concern of teams trying to game the system is there... but it would be essentially impossible to succeed with. The only teams that might have a chance to do so are the ones competing week 7, but enough teams compete week 7 and there's enough uncertainty about who will actually attend CMP that has qualified, that it wouldn't be realistic. That said, some teams could still try...
Regardless, FIRST won't announce how they're doing it until after it's done... and maybe not even then. Quite potentially though Frank or someone at FIRST will come across this idea (or has already thought of it) and they may weigh it... I personally don't think they'll do anything game-specific though.
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