Thread: Open Challenge: Make a better FRC ranking algorithm
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Re: Open Challenge: Make a better FRC ranking algorithm
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Originally Posted by KenWittlief

For years we have all accepted that FIRST is not fair. Big teams have a clear advantage. Are we unwilling to even consider a way to level the playing field?

What is everyone afraid of?
Its not so much that we dont want things to change or feel that it would be bad, we just dont see a point in it. Yes, some teams are successful from year to year, but the high school kids are constantly changing. How can you explain to new team members that they just lost a match on the book which they rightfully won? Why is right to "take from the rich and give to the poor"? Some teams are much better, but FIRST needs that. Even if there was a handicap, some teams would find ways to exploit it. So no, I don't think there should be a handicap, nor should we consider it.