Thread: Possible Rule change for Flordia? (Please) and the reason for more seeding rounds.
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Posted by Dodd Stacy, Engineer on team #95, Lebanon Robotics Team, from Lebanon High School and CRREL/CREARE.

Posted on 3/21/99 5:26 PM MST


In Reply to: Re: Possible Rule change for Flordia? (Please) and the reason for more seeding rounds. posted by Jason on 3/21/99 3:39 PM MST:



I suggested in an earlier thread that teams in the staging lines be allowed to step up to the on-deck position if one of the scheduled teams doesn't show for a match. Reading the concerns about possibly having only 4 Qualifying matches per team suggests a slight twist on this idea, but doesn't require FIRST to do much of anything. I propose that any team in Florida who desires a CHANCE at additional Qualifying matches can stage up in an "on-call" area (on a first come, first served basis) and be prepared to take the place of any team who can't answer the on-deck call for their scheduled Qualifying match. The no-show's ally doesn't get the shaft, the opponents don't get a walk, and the stand-in team gets this reward for their readiness and willingness to stand on-call: they get to replace their worst score from their 4 (or however many) scheduled Qualifying matches with their score from the stand-in match, assuming that one is higher. A team that leaves the "on-call" staging line for a scheduled match should probably have to return to the end of the line (if they so chose) after the scheduled match.

Something like this would prevent what happened to the Navy team. It would maintain the highest levels of competition in Qualifying. It would improve the opportunity for well prepared teams to seed well. And I don't see how this is any additional work for FIRST, other than a little change in book keeping.

Comments? Other ideas?

Dodd



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