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Originally Posted by Alex2614
You also have to look at the turnaround on sports vs the team turnaround here. The smaller the percentage of teams going, the more "repeat offenders" you're going to have. While I love watching Einstein, it gets old seeing the exact same teams every year.
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Lets see...
2015 Einstein
2/32 (6.25%) Were repeats
6/32 (18.75%) Were on Einstein in the 4 years prior
21/32 (65.62%) Were first timers.
2014 Einstein
3/16 (18.75%) Were repeats
8/16 (50.00%) Were on Einstein in the 4 years prior
8/16 (50.00%) Were first timers.
2013
0/12 (0.00%) Were repeats
1/12 (8.33%) Were on Einstein in the 4 years prior
9/12 (75.00%) Were first timers.
2012
2/12 (16.67%) Were repeats
4/12 (33.33%) Were on Einstein in the 4 years prior
4/12 (33.33%) Were first timers.
Doesn't look like we see the same teams year after year as you said. One could even say the opposite.
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Originally Posted by Alex2614
It's still inspiring to a degree, but it's the same exact teams year after year. Do you really want to see a championship where it's the same 5% of teams every year for 5 years in a row? (Warning. Exaggeration but you get my point).
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Many sports have athletes that repeat over and over again. People watch because of them. And there is always the "underdog" that makes it in and shocks people.
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Originally Posted by Alex2614
But you just proved my point anyway. Competitive teams don't compete to win the world championship. They compete to do the best they can, and it's fun. Therefore, how many teams get to go to the championship shouldn't matter in that aspect, should it? .
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Teams compete for success. For some teams that is winning worlds, for some not. Who are we to tell some other team exactly what their goal should be?
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Originally Posted by Alex2614
Would it water down the competition if suddenly they invited more teams to the world festival? Or have several national events? Oh wait, they do actually have several national "open national championships" in FLL. And it's no less inspiring. In fact, it's MORE inspiring, because more teams can have these "national event" experiences.
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You are missing some info here. World Festival is by far the most coveted event. Biggest show, coolest teams by far. Other national events are inspiring, but they don't try to "hang off of" FLL world festival by saying there are "Two world championships" National event qualification isn't run by FIRST, it's by FLL people around the world making their own separate event. Picture several IRI's, run by community leaders. Very inspiring, but
definitely not world championships. These are not comparable.