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Unread 07-11-2006, 09:21
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Re: Ideas to move in the direction of making FIRST competitions 'fair'

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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
If the competition is not going to be fair, why dont we let the teams play against each other for 3 days, and then have a random number generator pick the champions for that event?

If we say FIRST is not fair, its not meant to be fair, then why do we pretend there is a contest happening at all? If the competition is not fair, then there is no contest. Mostly (as the way things are now) its a random event.
Mostly a random event? I guess Beatty has been so lucky over the years, that they've ended up winning 4 Championships. The Poofs winning SVR eight years in a row, totally random. Team 25 going 48-5 this year, must have been a lot of dumb luck going their way. Yes, I submit that there is a large amount of luck in this competition. But calling it a mostly random event? That's a ridiculous statement, even by your standards.

(Aside, can we get Beatty added to the dictionary...)
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