[Greg Needel]

points are gone.....in the past you used points from the previous years and even/odd to qualify but if you read the FIRST page points will no longer be used

they are doing the tier system and the only people who will qualify from the previous system are the national chairmans winners and the national champions all other proformance from this season does not matter

Tiered System modified from this year i am assuming that they will just push the dates back which is what i have done

Rookie Tier Rookie Year is 2005
Tier 1 Last attended Championship in 2004, or
never attended Championship and Rookie Year is 2004
Tier 2 Last attended Championship in 2003, or
never attended Championship and Rookie Year is 2003
Tier 3 Last attended Championship in 2002, or
never attended Championship and Rookie Year is 2002
Tier 4 Last attended Championship in 2001, or
never attended Championship and Rookie Year is 2001
Tier 5 Last attended Championship in 2000, or
never attended Championship and Rookie Year is 2000
Tier 6 Last attended Championship in 1999 or earlier, or
never attended Championship and Rookie Year is 1999 or earlier
Tier 7 Last attended Championship in 1998 or earlier, or
never attended Championship and Rookie Year is 1998 or earlier


this year tiers 2-6 all were quailified so i would assume that you would just just jump down a tier and for the next year qualify...what this does is make it every 2-3 years between when teams go to nationals which leaves room for FIRST to expand more


these are just assumptions baised on what first said this year and would be correct assuming they stick with the tier system which i like very much