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Since my math quiz is done and I'm bored, here is my plan:

-Keep the current tiered system
-Place rookies instead on the first tear that's guaranteed to go, place them on the second/third tier, this would help have a few go when we start to have thousands of teams
-'Founding' teams will be entered twice into the 'pool' when their tiers are up for picking for Champs. This allows them to go more often, but not guaranteed.
-Chairmans winners on the regional level will be registered for that years Champs and the year after's.
-Championship Chairmans winners will be given a '5 Year Pass' to the Champs, this allows for a major award for them, yet not limiting the amount of teams at Champs (after 5 years or so we will have 20 teams that will ALWAYS go, so this will help keep it down in latter years.)
-National's Winners get a '2 Year Pass' to Championship for the next year and the year after.
-Regional winners get to go that year OR the next. So if they don't have the funds or they qualify at a late regional, they can still go.
-The Engineering Inspiration award gets to go for that year's Champs. They have no 'either or' pass for them.

So the MAX amount of teams that go automatically is...

x=number of regionals

(x*3[or the amount of teams in alliances that year]+x+x)+(5[Chairmans]+3[or the amount of teams in alliances that year])= amount of pre-registered teams.

Complicated, no?

Lets assume we have 20 regionals this year with 3 team alliance system...

(20*3+20+20)+(5+3)= 108 teams

That's a MAX of 108 for that year, that's if no teams choose to go next year. That's slightly more than this year, but in future years it will grow slower than the system that was just initiated.

It addresses two big issues that I have with the current system: '92 teams go automatically, this gives them an edge yet dosn't automatically let them in. The second is the big problem with the Chairmans award winners. While now they make up a small amount of teams, in a few years they will be many teams that go automatically. So now you get a '5 year pass' that allows you to go for 5 years.

Also for addressing the rookies, they'll be placed randomly in the 2 & 3 year tiers. Here's my tiered system, just to clear up any confusion:

Tier 0: Automatically allow to go
Tier 1: Havn't been to Champs in 6 years
Tier 2: Havn't been in 5 years
Tier 3: Havn't been in 4 years
Tier 4: Havn't been in 3 years
Tier 5: Havn't been in 2 years
Tier 6: Havn't been in 1 year
Tier 7: Went last year

So every year you don't go you move up one tier. If you go that year, then you fall down to #7 unless you are prequalified.

Now what about those poor Rookies with their new Rookie Inspiration award you say? This is version 1.0, so look for 2.0 based on your comments and add the Rookie Inspiration award then too.

How can we cut the fat from this system in years to come? Easy, reduce the amount of teams in an alliance to 2. This drops the 108 pre-registered teams to 82.

Why think ahead so much? Why plan and limit while we don't have to now? The past 5 years we have had 3 different qalification system set up. This system will stay the same year to year for many years to come. It's like having the qualifications for the World Series changed year to year. It confuses people and makes things too complicated.

Now, this system is based on wins, but it could easily be changed to average score, award based, or even future criteria.

Also to add, when I say '92 teams, I mean what they are given this year, free ride. If FIRST expands this to '93 or '94 teams, the same will happen.
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