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Re: Need for Inspections Rules Changes

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Originally Posted by Mark McLeod View Post
I suppose an obvious change to make inspections more managable is to place a cap on the number of teams at an event.
I think this is how the problem will be resolved, eventually.

When FIRST has completed its transition to a three-tier (District >> Regional >> Super-Regional >> Championship) qualifying model, we will probably have about ten thousand teams competing in 500 districts, each with a field of about 40 teams -- this assumes each team competes at its own 'home' district event and travels to another. At events for which teams must qualify based on performance at the district level, the number of teams will be larger, and the inspection process should be less time-consuming.
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