[Nawaid Ladak]

So i think i got a really neat idea that might actually work.

What if FIRST held "heats" or "Last Minute Qualifier" events on Tues/Wed or Just Wed.?

The system would run like this

32 Teams per heat
3 Qualifying Matches for each team
Alliance Selection (4 Alliances).
Heat Alliance Winners advance to compete at Championships
1 Additional spot handed out to a team so that they may compete at Championships (determined among referee's, and field staff)*

These events would be run on a low cost system. no video boards or black curtains would be active. no MC etc.

Teams that want to compete in these "heats" would pay $2,000 to compete in one of these events and then another $3500 to compete at the Championship Event.

The event would be pretty short, 16 qualification matches on a 7-8 minute cycle (considering some of the field stuff would be in the process of being set up, ie Black Curtain's Video Board etc.) and a minimum of six elimination matches would bring the event's length down to a short 4.5 hours.

Heat 1: 8:30am - 1:00pm
Heat 2: 1:00pm - 5:30pm

Considering you would have four fields, you could get 256 teams to compete for 32 spots each day
(If the event was done Tues/Wed, then teams that did not qualify in their heat Tuesday, could compete in one on Wednesday).

*= if the winning alliance consists of 3 teams and a backup robot, the backup robot would gain the 4th AQ spot.

What do you guys think?