[FTC]: 128 Teams in 2013 FTC World Championship

[Scott_4140]

I disagree with fact that they are ever increasing the FRC portion at the expense of the other programs. FLL Partners are on a lottery system to determine if they are allowed to send zero or one team to the World Festival.

Look at the FTC Partner growth over the past year. We had 41 partners in the USA and 3 international (Canada, Mexico & Netherlands) in 2010. In 2011 we had 46 partners in the USA and 12 international. That's 14 new partners in one year or a 31% increase. How many years growth will it take in FTC before the Inspire Award Winner is either the only invited team or they start a lottery system for the FTC World Festival.

In 2012 or 2013 FTC will have more teams than FRC. It depends on how they count the international teams that don’t get a number unless they qualify for the World Championships. Why does FRC have a 400 team Championship and we get FLL’d?