Teams Holding Multiple Spots For Championships

[Jon Stratis]

There are 54 regionals, according to http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...egional-events

54x6 spots = 324

There are 27 prequalified teams.

District allocations are:
FiM 32
MAR 18
NE 24
PNW 24

Note district restrictions for counting:

hese allocated slots are guaranteed to the Districts. These slots will be made up of qualifying award winners from the District Championship (for example, the Chairman’s Award winners), along with any qualifying award winners among district teams who traveled to Regionals, plus the teams on the final District ranking list, as deep in the ranking list as the district needs to go to fill their allocation. If a District team earns a slot at the FIRST Championship, but is not able to attend for whatever reason, the top ranked team who has not yet been offered a slot is given the opportunity, and so on, until all slots are filled. As noted in the summary document, District teams earning FIRST Championship slots at Regionals do count against the District allocation. Even though a District team may earn their FIRST Championship slot at a Regional, they are still from the District and can be considered part of the District contingent to the Championship. Not counting these slots against the District allocation would allow District representation to exceed their fair share of available slots at the FIRST Championship. Also, it’s important to remember that while a District team can travel to a Regional to earn a slot, it’s not possible for a non-District team to earn a slot within the District system.

324 + 27 + 32 + 18 + 24 + 24 = 449 teams

There are a number of ways to reduce this number:

- A single team uses multiple spots at the same regional. For example, regional winners plus Chairmans/EI/Rookie Allstar.
- A pre-qualified team earns a regional or district spot.
- A district team attends a regional and earns a spot.

Thus far, we have nowhere near enough teams that have used multiple openings to even approach using the wait list. The question really should be "What percentage of teams earning a spot at Champs aren't going to attend?" - I doubt we'll hit the wait list any other way.