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Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/Updated Championship Information
OK, that is still 356 spots total (89/division). I think in past years we have had 344 teams max. This may provide more teams an opportunity from the waiting list.

When you think about it 90 is the perfect number per division since it allows a nice round number of matches (84 also works). Assuming 90, if every team gets 8 matches, total matches per division will be 120. If 9 matches per team, it would be 135 total matches. The agenda gives us 13 hours and 50 minutes of play time. That is 950 minutes.

Based on potential field issues popping up, it would be best to set up with 120 total matches, allowing 7.92 mintes per match. And if they go with 135, that is 7.04 minutes per match which is less than what was averaged at most regionals. But that would just mean that we would have to run longer in the day than the agenda states.

Let's see what FIRST decides.
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