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[Mr. Lim]

Originally Posted by Michael Blake

SURE...

Use Texas as an example... I'll say that after the Top 8 teams domiciled in Texas (some prominent Texas FIRSTers would argue "Top 6") you get a pretty steep drop in competitive (on the field) capabilities...

SO, being generous with my estimate, in the District Model, you'd have about 8 teams regularly qualifying for CHAMPIONSHIP that probably wouldn't qualify as often as Alliance-WINNERS in the Regional format.

District Model, IMO, broadens the eligibility for CHAMPIONSHIP to LESS competitive (on the field) teams...

Wow, this is a very different perspective!

I suppose it just goes to show how different the regions of FRC really are. I could throw out 16+ Championship calibre Ontario teams in a heartbeat:

1114, 2056, 188, 610, 3161, 907, 772, 1503, 2852, 1241, 781, 1310, 2200, 2809, 1334, 1075, 2702, 4001... I could go on, and I know I missed some.

I would love for all these teams to compete at World Championship on a regular basis. I genuinely think they'd be very competitive.

By qualifying only Alliance Winners, very few of these teams get a chance to go. Most are not quite good enough to win, but not bad enough to be a 2nd pick.

The district model is something I know a lot of us in Ontario are looking forward to. These Wild Cards are a great step forward, although I'm quite concerned about teams avoiding GTR-East now.

I do have a question though... Under the current qualification system in Texas, don't you feel that many of your current Top 8 (or 6) teams fail to qualify year after year?