FRC Blogged-Standard District Point Structure

[Francis-134]

We will have to see how the rookie points pan out.

In my opinion, the rookie points are...different? FIRST has an obvious problem, which is the fact that the team attrition rate is extremely high. Objectively speaking, seeing a couple hundred teams die every year is bad (is it as bad as other programs? I have no idea, but objectively, losing ~150 teams a year or MORE is not a good thing).

So far, FIRST has tried to provide money, offer resources for mentors, and offer resources for teams, and it has not worked as well as it needs to. I welcome the change, and think that it's good to seem them try something at all. There may be better solutions, the number of points may be too many, but at this point, I'm willing to let them try SOMETHING to make the rookie/second year teams gain some traction.

I am also very happy to see the top award in FIRST reward a team with a trip to the DCMP. It really is a no brainer. If a team is truly the best that FIRST has to offer, why can't they play at their regions highest stage?

I am a little disappointed at the number of points for judged awards. I might have valued them a little higher, but overall, I am happy with the point system.