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Originally Posted by rsilverstein
On that note, there are plenty of teams that are just "handed" a spot in the Championship by lottery.
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lottery: n. an activity or endeavor the success of which is regarded as a matter of fate or luck
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I dont get what you mean by lottery... it isn't a random system at all. I suggest you read the
qualification rules a little more closely.
Teams that DID NOT GO last year, had the opportunity to register and pay starting October 1st. Teams that DID GO last year had the opportunity to register and play starting October 22nd. 1511 has "qualified" through this method every single year but the rookie year. Its not a random system. The system opens up at noon, and the first teams to "click and pay" buy their spot. Its like buying tickets at ticket master. And I don't consider ticket master a lottery. It is NOT like the college housing lottery system or the state lotteries... its not a random drawing of team numbers.
Simply put if you have the money, and you have the will to sit there at noon and click away, you WILL very very likely get in.
We feel championships is very important for every one of our students to experience, and like to go every year, so we built a program and structure our fundraising so that we have money to be able to attend every year.
Honestly, for me I dont get the teams that have the attitude that they "have to win to attend". For me FIRST isn't about winning. Its about the experience. You are just going to make it harder and more stressful on your team to have to come up with the travel arrangements and funds to register and travel in a really short amount of time. We save a lot of money by booking everything way back in September.
I know one day FRC will have so many regionals that they wont have room for open bids, and it may not be all that far from today. But until that day, we will continue to try to keep the stress low, and the experiences high, and register through the open system (even though we have actually been fortunate enough to qualify every year).