FIRST does have other options re Enistein.

[AmoryG]

No matter how you look at it this doesn't make any sense at all. Even if people believe the winning alliance did not earn their victory, it would be tremendously hypocritical to hand out awards that the other alliances didn't earn either. If we replayed all the elimination matches, it's very possible that none of the division champions would have made it to einstein. I don't believe the curie finalists played their best matches, if we replayed them the results could easily have gone either way. The galileo champs lost matches to two separate alliances. If their alliance had major com issues during their rubber matches, they could easily have lost. I heard from newton two very good alliances had comm issues at some point during eliminations. If they didn't it certainly is possible they could have beaten the winning alliance. And the archimedes champs barely defeated 67's alliance. They could easily have lost if their alliance managed the tripple balance in the final match.

All I'm saying is that no alliance is a sure bet to win it all. The archimedes alliance certainly didn't deserve to lose the way they did, but they don't deserve to be called world champions, or even finalists for that matter. They never earned that title. The only alliance that earned that title was 16, 25, and 180, just as the rules say. It wouldn't fix anything to take it away from them, and the title would be completely meaningless if it was given to another alliance. If FIRST wanted a fair fight, they shouldn't have played out the matches in the first place. They should have moved the fight to a different field, or a different time, or perhaps they shouldn't have played the matches at all. The time has passed where we can do anything about it. Handing out awards or taking them away would be just unfair, and replaying the matches would be awkward, especially if the winners aren't 16, 25, and 180. They have already celebrated their victory, and even if they were the best alliance there is no guarantee they would win, as I have explained before.