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Dr. Joe adds to the speculation...
I cannot see any way that FIRST could have only 3 divisions in FL.
I have heard that there will only be 4 fields at EPCOT not 5 as there was last year.
I am curious how they are planning on working the 4 divisions. Will each division have a fixed arena or will they rotate them at times?
At first you might think that FIRST would have them all fixed at a particular arena, but this is not quite as easy a you might think. One of the reasons for having Einstein be a floating field was that teams would not have to spend 3 days baking in the sun (which will likely be HOT in late April -- I still shudder when I think back to the Finals of 1998. Brian Beatty & I were almost one drop of sweat away from heat stroke watching Teams #1 & #45 battling it out for king of the puck -- it was HOT).
Beyond the heat factor, the outdoor stage is the high profile stage, so I suppose that FIRST will want to spread the wealth there as well.
I really wonder how they plan to work this out.
As long as I am speculating, I guess that they could just number the stages and give divisions time slots on the various fields (e.g. Friday 9-11 Archimedes on 1, Curie on 2, Newton on 3, Galileo on Einstien, etc.).
I hope they don't go back to the bad old days and run us all over Walt's half acre -- scouting, staging, etc. would be a nightmare.
Joe J.
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