**IMPORTANT FIRST EMAIL**/Championship Schedule Change

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Good move.

[class1234567]

For Drivers like me thats going to be crazy. . I Guess its No dinner

[jblay]

Originally Posted by Karthik

This is a great change. I've always been a proponent of playing later to get extra matches in. It's definitely going to be a long day, but well worth it in my mind.

It's going to be absolutely awesome and ridiculous, great move FIRST.

I just know after the adrenaline from competition wears off this is just going to make my Sunday night crash even more brutal.

[GaryVoshol]

Bah, come learn from a district/championship system. We played 71 matches today, scheduled from 9:15 to 7:30, had a 20+ minute talk from Dean Kamen, and still finished only 1 minute late.

They should be able to do a 6-minute schedule at St. Louis. With the times listed, that just about comes to a 10-game schedule.

[bduddy]

6-minute schedules were the standard in the past, but that was with longer waits for the score, and more complex games to reset/set up. I don't think 5 minute turnarounds are out of the question if they hurry... maybe 5.5? I think the only obstacle may be the connection issues...

[GaryVoshol]

Getting less than 6 minute turnaround consistently is very hard. We had a few series where we hit 5 minutes for 4 or 5 matches in a row, but then one relatively short delay - say an 8 minute turnaround - and you're right back to 6 minute averages.

[Shelbers2486]

Originally Posted by class1234567

For Drivers like me thats going to be crazy. . I Guess its No dinner

Exactly what I thought when I read this, but i'd trade dinner for more matches any day!

[Nawaid Ladak]

great move by FIRST. This is going to be nuts, but i'm going to absolutely love it.

I don't think they would extend the time on Friday as they FIRST does have some program at the Cardinals/Brewers game that night.

[Starke]

Originally Posted by Karthik

This is a great change. I've always been a proponent of playing later to get extra matches in. It's definitely going to be a long day, but well worth it in my mind.

Totally agree with you!