Championship Location Announced

[Racer26]

Originally Posted by dtengineering

Advanced placement exams have taken place in Canadian high schools for over 25 years.

Just because you don't know about them doesn't mean they don't exist.

And, for the record, in British Columbia there is no such thing as a "Grade 10 Literacy Test" that frequently collides with FRC events.

Canada > Ontario, eh?

Jason

AP Exams in Canadian High Schools: Didn't happen in my school, nor any of my friends' schools that I'm aware of. Maybe they're more proliferous than I think, but I concede that they DO happen here.

I was actually aware that the Grade 10 Literacy Test is an Ontario-only thing, but, I'll admit my post made it sound like a Canada-wide thing. The truth of the matter is that until 2012, there were no regionals outside Ontario. It frequently is an issue for the ~70+ Ontario teams who have to leave several of their students home for at least one day of their competitions.

Ultimately though, I too am disappointed that HQ decided to keep CMP in St. Louis. The 3 championships that have been held there have all had fairly systemic issues related to venue size, poor planning, and a program that is rapidly outgrowing its format.

I only ever attended CMP in 2010, when it was in Atlanta. My experience there, was that the facilities we were using had a significant amount of room for us to expand.

Teams need more than 8 qualification matches.

We need more than 400 teams at CMP.

The 54 2014 regional events will qualify 324 teams to compete (not counting pre-qualified teams who earn a 2014 merit-slot and wasted wildcards). MICMP qualifies another 27, and the other 3 districts push the number very close to, if not over 400. Never mind HOF and Sustaining teams, and 2013 Champions.

CMP has to grow. Time restrictions mean it can't get longer, and teams can't play fewer qualification matches than 9, and ideally 10-12. Something's got to give.