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Originally posted by nick reynolds
Yes there will be disapointment but this way you get to go on the merit of you Robot and alliance, not by the type of # at the end of your team.
With this system when you get to go its because you did it right, not wrong.
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I'm sure that this arrangement was considered, but dropped because of what you talked about in your previous post. This type of arrangement would not de-emphasize winning, it would cause winning to be more important than it is. It also would not allow some teams to
ever go to nationals. There are a few top tier teams: teams with exceptional funding, exceptional engineers, great school support, and fantastic students. These teams would go every year in the current system or in the one you suggested. But should one team be able to go to nationals instead of an equally talented team because they happened to get a better draw in the qualification rounds? I don't think so. And on top of that, there will always be some teams of students that scrape along with little to no sponsor or school support, but work just as hard as those that do. Should these teams never be able to go to nationals?
My personal favorite idea is to skip Disneyland. Have the competition outside on a dry lake bed in New Mexico. NASA's a big FIRST supporter - have it at
White Sands. There's plenty of room for all. We'll camp out - we'll have us a big ole time!
