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Question Looking back at the Nats qualifying rules...

What do people think?

I believe that FIRST should continue to scale back the importance of nationals. At first I was very disappointed my team was unable to register for nats. However, we then earned our way to nationals. Since we did well, it was much easier to get money out of our sponsor and the school district to attend nationals. This "qualification" to go to nationals is actually creating some stir and excitement in the local media.

I like the current nats qualification process, but I do not like the odd/even alternation thing. Letting half of the teams register because they are odd/even (and not at all on their performance) seems wrong. I think all teams should have to qualify, or none at all. It does not seem right that we earned our way, but have to compete mostly against teams that have not. I think it would be great to have a small, much cheaper nationals where only about 5 teams from each regional get to attend... A true championship event. Most teams would not qualify but it would give teams something to strive for each and every year.
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