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Re: the future of FIRST....i think?

Posted by Chris Hibner at 2/2/2001 7:45 AM EST


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In Reply to: the future of FIRST....i think?
Posted by Anton Abaya on 2/2/2001 1:14 AM EST:



: or will it come down to FIRST having to hold 2 national competitions.... ? or perhaps only allowing bots of winning regionals to ascend to nationals...

I've mentioned this before (perhaps 2 years ago, but I can't remember), but I'll mention it again:

What I would do if FIRST outgrows the Nationals at EPCOT...

I would divide FIRST up into 2 or more "divisions" kind of like high school football. For this example, assume that there are two divisions. The big, well funeded, historically successfull teams would be in Division I while the less successful and rookie teams would be in Division II.

Each division would have it's own competitions (at EPCOT or wherever) and each division has its own National Champion.

The interaction between the two divisions would be like that between the PGA Tour and the Buy.com Tour (formerly the Nike Tour -- the feeder tour to the Big Dance). That is, the top X number of teams in Division II get to move up to Division I the next year. Likewise, the bottom X teams in Division I lose their tour cards, so to speak, and must play in Division II the next year.

It works much the same way in a lot of sports. The good ball players make it to The Show while the struggling players get sent to AAA to hone their skills a little before making another run at it.

People might say that the teams in Division II would feel bad about being in Division II, but I don't think this would be the case after people got used to the idea. I typically watch the Michigan High School Football state championships and the Class D schools celebrate their championship just as much as the Class A schools.

Anyway, it's an idea.


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