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Originally Posted by Foster
Lots of teams don't get picked and they go home. I'm willing to bet lots of parents don't know about the varied awards because they are in the car (or home) before any awards are given out.
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This can stand by itself as a reason to move from grouping all of the awards at the end of the event. From the floor, it's very visible just how many teams start packing up and leaving the stands right after alliance selection, and even more right after the last finals match.
There are easily hundreds who don't stick around for an award, sometimes the very team or person who wins something. Why not make these awards more visible? You can still leave the big ones like Chairman's, EI, and Rookie for the end. It can also address this:
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Originally Posted by sdangelo
I believe these awards are given later as clear way to denote which teams are moving on to the next level--the MC can just say, before the event winners are awarded, that "all the rest of these awards qualify these teams to move on to the (next-level event)!" instead of specifying for each individual award whether it qualifies the team or not. I've heard a few MC's say this, at FTC competitions and on FRC webcasts. I imagine it's helpful for extended family members and other event visitors.
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Give out the winners and finalists medals immediately after the end (or closely following), only allowing the drive team to do so for timing and logistics purposes. Then every award at the ending ceremony is a Championship qualifier.