The Rest Of The Best

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Tetraman

Not to disrespect the original 32, but I don't think that's a good enough reasoning for an automatic qualifier now that we have surpassed 20 years of FIRST. I agree that should go, but not upset it exists. And I think that allowing previous winners to return could also be dropped. Want to win back-to-back Championships? Earn it.

I would rather see the 3rd pick of an alliance not get an invite than to not invite our sustaining teams. Keeping a team going for 20+ years is an accomplishment that I think is not celebrated enough. There is so much history and experience on these teams that it is a shame not to showcase it.

HoF falls under the same category to me. While I understand we are now removing ~30 spots from the pool we need to come up with a better qualifying system rather than remove things that should be celebrated.