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Re: What percentage of FRC teams should attend championships?

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Originally Posted by Citrus Dad View Post
2) I'm not sure that an EPL-style system can work in this situation, but it makes me think of a different approach - English League soccer. Teams move up and down divisions based on their previous season. Perhaps the Champs can be divided into First and Second Divisions based on Regional and District placings. Maybe Regional Champs to First Division and Finalists to Second Division.
Yeah it's a pretty crazy proposal and I know it wouldn't work for multiple reasons. That was definitely one of the things I thought of, especially after that other thread where someone compared the 2-champs system to the NCAA tourney and the NIT. Much of the current angst comes from top performing robots being left out of champs, and I think a change in the ranking/qualification system can alleviate some of these problems without having to invite hundreds of more teams.

I was so happy when my college bball team made the CIT last year (4th playoff tourney after NCAA, NIT, and CBI). Obviously not considered too prestigious, but it is a postseason tournament and it was the first time my school had made any tournament in 40+ years. Sometimes being invited to play on *a* big stage is an incredible feeling, even if it isn't *the* big stage. For that reason I wouldn't be opposed to having slightly different qualification structures for a 2-champs system.
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