I really like the idea of a sweet sixteen, but I really disagree with the idea that top 8 teams cant pick among themselves. Just for example: at the Midwest regional last year, we were the 8th seed, knocked off the #1 seed and got runner up: at VCU this year we were 8th seed, got runner up: and in Galileo this year at nationals, we were the 8th seed beat the #1 seed and got runner up. What makes FIRST so great is that it is like a real sport, were you can have those "Cinderella stories" of the unexpected 8th seed fighting its way to the top.
An innovative strategy based off of good scouting beats a #1 alliance any day
More to the point of the tread, I would like to see the camera brought back with auto mode point scoring that forces you to utilize this technology. Hopefully we can get a little more user friendly camera though
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