[jasper.s.jacobs]

why would a rookie team ever even expect to do well in their first competition anyway? Would they expect to do really well, when the majority of the time they get destroyed? Wouldnt there be a Huge problem with First if rookie teams had it easy? Why would Rookie all star teams want to go to Atlanta if they knew they would get destroyed?
The answer is simple, new teams are not started with the hope of doing very well their very first years, they start for the overwhelmingly positive First experience which they most certainly get.