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I honestly hope that FIRST gets rid of this mangled system anyway. I think that FIRST is admitting they have a problem, but no admitting that they have no solution for it. Everywhere Dean goes he "rallies the troops" to get more teams, more sponsors, more engineers, more colleges, more everything. Then, he turns around and says because we are getting so large not everyone that wants to can come to nationals. Ok, so the first step to fixing a problem is admitting you have it. I in no way think that FIRST should stop growing, I think in fact that there should be tons of growth. However, the solution proposed is not a solution to the problem. The current solution is basically to have even numbered teams compete one year, odd the next. That doesn't make very much sense. Or, you can go to a bunch of regionals one year and really go for tons of awards and get points to go the next year. Maybe the solution is having two semi-nationals... an east coast and a west coast, or having one national for only the winners of the regionals, or maybe just not having a national at all. At the end, I think FIRST must sit back and figure out a long term solution, fair to everyone, to fix this problem.
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