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Re: [FTC]: Possible Change in Selection Process for Nationals

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Originally Posted by The_Wizard View Post
If FIRST wants to lessen the number o people attending the championship, they shouldn't make the alliance captains worry. If they wanted, they could change the rules so the to finalist alliance captains qualified and the winning alliance just got the reward. Though I am not in favor of this method, I also think FIRST should use a swiss tournoment style. <thats a link)
This would drastically change the alliance selection strategies. Teams would never "jump up" to accept an invitation to play with a higher seeded team because they would no longer be an alliance captain elligible of earningan automatic bid.
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