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Re: What would you do to improve the FIRST experience?

Create districts where there are regionals with 50+ teams.

Add bag time for all regional teams and start quals after lunch on the first day to give teams more matches.

Let regional teams complete in district events, stop letting district teams complete in regional events.

Upgrade the FMS system to a system that reduces the delay between matches, provides a better simulated setup for testing and isn't as affected by wifi/hotspots.

Provide better support for isolated 1 regional teams and less support for unstained rookie grants. The goal should be lower the cost to be competitive, not just lower the cost to play. Being a robot that barely moves and doesn't win 1 game or is just carried doesn't inspire anyone.

Make awards between final matches standard.

Divide FTC into middle school and high school divisions.

Actually celebrate FLL and FTC at their own worlds instead making them second fiddle to FRC.
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