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Automatic bid every xx years (2, no more than 3).
Why: It is more than robots and a teams performance on the field is not an absolute indication of their personal growth or committment to the ideals of FIRST. Resources out of the control of the team may determine their level of success. Every student should have the opportunity to experience nationals. And: Top teams - Based on points for the current year, but only the top certain number of teams qualify this way. What I mean is instead of saying with 25 points you qualify, say the top 25 teams qualify - that may be 100 points, it might be 15. This always gives the opportunity to the best performing teams (performing meaning special awards, robot awards, etc.). And: No automatics based on the past. And: The biggest challenge most teams face is the money to go, and the ability to get kids out of school. If the Chairman's decisions are late - there may not be money to go, or the administration might say no to more days out. More levels of qualifying (super events, 1/2 nationals then a finals, etc.) make it worse. Make the decisions known as early as possible. And: Keep it simple to understand and implement. FIRST has the same resource limitations the rest of corporate America has - the Championship process cannot take a big group to organize. Final thought - No automatic bids, Championship based only on current year performanance (on all FIRST aspects), and NO CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRY FEE. Eliminate that part of the financial burden to the top teams to make sure they can get there. |
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