Thread: Why Give Open Bids to the Championship?
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Re: Why Give Open Bids to the Championship?
I'm personally a huge fan of the Open Slots for the Championship.

816 has gotten into the Championship in 2006, 2008 and 2009 because of this. If FIRST were to move to a winners only Registration system then I think they would have a lot of difficulties filling the Championship up due to both budget and logistical constraints. I know many school districts require a months notice or more before a school trip can be planned so even if some teams win a week 4 or 5 event their school may not let them go.

Also, in some years there are other side programs that can earn a team an invite to the Championship. In 2007 I believe the FIRST Fuel Cell teams all earned an early invite to the Championship so that they could display their fuel cell projects. I believe that this was how we got a spot in 2007.
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