Qualifying for CMP in the future

[Racer26]

Originally Posted by Peter Matteson

I'm also surprised how no one has brought up the fact that there are around 20 "sustaining" teams with atomatic bids to the championship every year. This is another batch of teams that should have to earn their way in at this point.

There are now 15 teams that qualify as previous CCA winners. This should not change, as the Chairman's award is the highest honour in FIRST.

They are:
16
51
67
103
111
120
151
175
191
236
254
341
359
365
842

There are 7 "original and sustaining" teams that qualify this way, and in my experience, most of them typically qualify by other means anyway.

The 7 teams are:

20 - Finalist at BAE
45
126
148 - 2 event Champion in 2011
151 - Also a CCA winner
190
191 - Also a CCA winner

So in reality this year, there were only 4 original and sustaining teams that were admitted to championship for that reason alone.