North Championship vs South Championship

[AGPapa]

Originally Posted by Drakxii

So... What happens when Minnesota switches over to districts? Currently they only having 24 champion slots from their regional, but at 208 teams they would need 29 more slots*. So either some region is going to have to move to the south or north will have to be 420 teams and last years winners with no waitlist.



*At the 25.6% listed in the original post Minnesota would send 53 teams.

The original post is just for next year, assignments will change slightly when the NSR moves to Detroit.

Also, (as stated in the original post) FIRST is going to have to change how they determine the number of teams that get sent by a district region. Right now they are over capacity if a handful of northern teams win southern regionals. (Actually, I forgot about Legacy teams in the original post, so they are already over 400).

And finally, I don't see Minnesota moving to districts in the foreseeable future (5+ years). FIRST wants all DCMPs to be week 6, meaning that Minnesota will need three fields and way more key volunteers to fit in the schedule. Too many threads have been derailed by Minnesota District discussion, so if someone wants to continue this conversation please make a new thread for it.

Originally Posted by rick.oliver

I don't recall seeing an announcement concerning the number of teams which will be invited to attend the Championship events in 2017.

What is the source of the 400 teams per event?

Good catch, I could have sworn I saw the 400 number somewhere, but I cannot find it now. If they keep FTC in the separate dome they could fit more than 400 teams at the NSR. (I don't think they've ever done more than 100 team divisions though).