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Originally Posted by nighterfighter
So, veteran teams get shafted out of the new cRIO, unless we buy a rookie kit or purchase the upgrade?
Darn.
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Why bother upgrading? It doesn't perform any new function, is only 10 oz lighter (and most of that loss is taken up by another transformer) and actually performs less functions than the standard C-Rio.
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This summer we池e going to be taking a long hard look at the future of Championship (CMP). At the current rate of growth for FRC, we are going to face a space crunch at CMP in a few years. Consider this. At each regional, six teams earn a space at CMP (the winning alliance, the Engineering Inspiration winner, the Chairman痴 Award winner and the Rookie All Star team). This year we had 48 regionals. Add eighteen teams from the Michigan State CMP (When the District pilot began, the State CMP replaced three Regional events.) and you get a total of 306 teams. 352 teams competed this year. Not every team who qualifies to come to CMP can make it, so there are always a few empty slots, but as we continue to add new regionals each year, we are eventually going to run out of room. In the short run, there will be fewer and fewer spaces for non-qualifying teams at CMP. In the long run, we池e going to have to figure out a new system for determining which teams come to CMP.
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Emphasis mine. Does this mean that we will all be taking up a similar-to-Michigan approach in coming years?
Our rookie drivers generally get their first "real match" experience at the Florida Regional which is usually a week 2 or week 3 event. That is a much easier "practice event" than IRI. - Kit Gerhart [more] 
05-05-2011, 19:38
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