[Hymnson]

I'm sure these new qualification rules have upset many people, including myself, well its pretty much pissed off a lot of people. However, this is my dilemna, every year we struggle to buy plane tickets and hotel reservations pretty much a year a head of time, so we dont have to worry about it last minute, as do many teams also. Now with these new regulations, teams will not know if they will be able to make it to the National/ "Championship" competition in Florida. All the money they raised to pay for the tickets and reservations will be wasted because they did not "qualify." And on the opposite side, if teams wait to see if they qualify for Florida before reserving accomadations, it would definately be too late to book anything so once again, they're screwed. Excuse my language but I think these regulations are complete BULL SH**!!!

It is a huge disadvantage for rookie teams who do not have any experience. I thought FIRST was about fairness and letting kids learn from experience. From a driver's point of view, the thought that everyone makes it to Florida sure took OFF a lot of pressure from regionals, cuz the regionals were just "practices." But these qualification stipulations put on a hell of alot more pressure because the team's fate rests on the driver's shoulder . High school students just don't need all this new pressure, we already have our own problems to deal with everyday, why more?