Divisions 2012

[Jared Russell]

Originally Posted by Bill Beatty

I see the Championship is at 398 teams. Unless I am missing something, FIRST could raise it to 408 (102 per division) and not cause any additional qualifying matches. This would allow 10 additional teams to compete with no penalty to schedule.

Mr. Bill

I'm not sure I follow.

The 100 team divisions will play 150 matches (100 teams * 9 rounds / 6 teams/round) with no surrogates.

The 99 team divisions will play 149 matches (100 teams * 9 rounds / 6 teams/round) with 3 surrogates.

This suggests that adding two (2) teams, total, would result in every division playing 150 qualifying rounds to meet the stated goal of 9 rounds for each team. Adding any more would add additional qualifying matches.