[Jon Jack]

I do not see why so many people are opposed to this system. The purpose of a ranking system is to rank teams in order of who's the best. This system does that better than any other system.

In the W-L-T system a team could get an easy schedule and seed 1st because a win was worth 2 points, regardless of if it was an easy win or a tough win. One or two losses and you'd take a huge hit in the rankings. Think about how many fluke #1 seeds we had in the old W-L-T system.

After the addition of the 5 point rule, the top teams were seeded high regardless of Win-Loss-Tie record. Why? Because the new system quantifies your wins and losses instead of making them worth the same. The good teams will be able to routinely get high scores and therefore get higher seeding points, putting them in a higher seed. Meanwhile the teams that cannot consistently put up big numbers won't get the seeding points and won't seed as high.

I hate it when teams like 1114 get flak because they 'gamed the system' when really, they are using the rules to their advantage. They aren't gaming the system. If they are in a position during the course of a match to score for the other alliance to boost their co-opertition score then that supports the fact that they were the BEST team at that competition.

I think the Co-Opertition Ranking System is one of the best things FIRST has done in a long time. Kudos to FIRST, please keep this system around.