2014 MAR Standings

[AGPapa]

So all teams announced at MAR Champs are registered for St. Louis except for 56. Two new teams have registered, 869 and 357. If 56 declined their invitation then it would make sense for 869 to be invited. I'm not sure why 357 was invited, but I have two ideas.

1. Waitlist- Their's only room for a handful of teams on the waitlist this year, so the chances that 357 got in on this are pretty slim.

2. The wording of the "reverse wildcard" clause in the Standardized points system is "if a District Team does earn a slot at the FIRST Championship while attending a Regional event, that slot does count against the total Championship allocation the District is receiving for the season." This can be interpreted as allowing another points slot to be created if a HoF teams wins the Region Championship (which 341 did) and a team qualified outside of the region (which also happened). Their could actually be 8 point slots this year. The wording of this clause is very confusing and I hope FIRST publishes supplemental rules for the districts next year to prevent this confusion.