(Lack of) Value in the Regional Model

[pathew100]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Schools can be such a pain sometimes.

This reminds me of one of my favorite Mark Twain quotes:
"Don't let schooling interfere with your education."

[346CADmen]

Originally Posted by Kevin Kolodziej

Looking through the results for the first four weeks of competition, for regional events only, I see a lot of variation in the number of matches. In general, the more teams there are at an event, the fewer matches each team will get. That's a given. But that's not always the case this year. Virginia had 64 teams and they only played 86 matches, giving each team only 8 matches. Orlando also had 64 teams but played 107 matches giving each team 10 matches. According to the public agendas available for each event, they had the same time allotted for qualifying matches (11 hours total). I was not at either of these events, so I cannot say for sure if the schedule was adhered to or not, but how can FIRST justify a difference of 21 matches between two similarly sized events?

I would point most following this back to the initial question. Forget districts versus regional events that should be a different thread. However the initial question actually comes to play in district events as well. How does FIRST justify the disparity in similar events when looking at matches played?