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Re: The Stereotyping of Successful Teams
I don't understand the notion of it at all.
Lets use 2056 for an example. One of the best teams EVER in FIRST. 17 regional wins in a row, never loosing once. Dominates every year, builds Einstein quality robots every year. Has never won a championship. Is this an "elite" team that you should destabilize? I'm sure they'll do just fine with whatever you throw at them, but they have still yet to win the highest robot honour. Why should they be penalized?
Now lets look at 67. Another perennial powerhouse, 3 time champion of the world, CCA winner, and more blue banners than I care to count. Did not win an event this year. This is arguably the strongest team in FIRST, ever. Do they qualify to as a team to destabilize?
My point is that even if this idea was ever even approved, there is no metric to measure "eliteness." What is "too elite." Never in a month of Sundays will this get approved, but if the thought of it ever does, it simply cannot happen because you cannot measure it.
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