FRC Blogged-Standard District Point Structure

[Michael Sperber]

I think Carl hit the nail right on the head:

Originally Posted by KrazyCarl92

This team of respected mentors and volunteers had a very difficult job and clearly had to make some compromises individually to reach consensus as a group.

The key here is compromise. I can't speak for the distinguised committee that developed this model, but I am fairly confident that not everyone got everything they were asking for. They negotiated, they compromised and they came up with a model that they were all comfortable with releasing.

The other thing we all need to keep in mind is what Frank said in his announcement (emphasis added):

While this system will be used by all Districts in 2014, it is not set in stone. Our intention is to periodically review the system, making improvements for later years as we see the need. It’s our additional intent that every year, all Districts will use the standard points ranking system that is in place for that year. This will help facilitate the potential introduction of inter-District play, which we intend to develop for the 2015 season.