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Re: Championship 2008 - Atlanta - Your Thoughts Please

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Originally Posted by Big Kid View Post
Accually it would have to be 8 divisions because then on einstein you would have 8 alliances and a full quarterfinal. Because six would mean 3 quaterfinal matches and 3 teams in semis, and that maybe a problem.
Not a bad idea:

- Move FTC to one of the GWCC halls and have four divisions. FTC is going to have more teams than FRC in the next two years, and a lot more in three years, so proper attention at Atlanta is going to be needed.

- Run FTC qualifications Thursday afternoon on through Friday night. Run FTC finals Saturday morning. This will allow FTC teams to get more qual matches and to catch the FRC finals on Saturday without having to kill Saturday morning.

- Have eight FRC divisions, with 48-52 teams each. This will allow more qualifications matches for each.

- Have two quarter-final fields running at the same time on Saturday.

- For the semifinals and finals, move to Einstein.

- Run later on Friday. It's tough on the volunteers (been there, done that) but it's critical for Saturday to run on time.

More FTC and FRC teams are accommodated (200 FTC to start, 400 FRC), and the schedule could be pretty much the same, except for FRC Friday.

I'm not married to any of these ideas, but it's interesting to think of alternatives now that the program is getting so large.
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