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Originally Posted by Eric O
However, I noticed the same thing that Mark did and think it’s ridiculous. During initial registration FIRST allowed 175 teams to sign up for the Championship. Now 7 teams have dropped out, and that number is now 168. According to the email, they are going to wait until the middle of March to fill these spots with the waitlisted teams. Why are they waiting this long? If FIRST wants to save teams money they should tell the next team on the waitlist that they are into an event as soon as possible. Assuming these 7 teams have 30 people each and booking travel mid December vs. mid March saves each person $50 in travel, which equates to over $10,000 in unnecessary expense.
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The suspicious side of me suspects they may do this because they don't intend for the waitlist to operate in a linear fashion. If that's the case, they get to wait and pick the teams they want to move off the waitlist instead of taking whoever has been waiting the longest, the minute a spot opens up.
I can't think of any other reason not to immediately bump teams to the confirmed list.