Only Two Qualifying Matches?

[jdao]

I haven't seeen any discussion on this, so I thought I'd point this out. On page 51, in the last sentence of the paragraph of section 5.3.2 of the game manual, there is an interesting line that implies this.

If a team plays a MATCH as a SURROGATE, it is indicated on the MATCH schedule, it is always their third Qualification MATCH, and the outcome of the MATCH has no affect on the Team's ranking.

Is this a mistake on FIRST's part? Or is this specifically referring to championships? Or is this really how all the events will play out? Or am I interpreting this incorrectly? I can't imagine this to really be the case, as due to how the qualification average is how you're seeded, this makes the competition far too based on luck.