[FRC Blog]2017 Updates

[RoboChair]

Originally Posted by ollien

Personally, I'm super excited to see this wild card change. As someone whose team has never been to champs, this gives me some hope for the future.

EDIT: I am curious though. If all 3 winning teams generate wild cards, who does the fourth wild card go to?

My major question in regards to the Wild Card changes is this. Does this mean that the rules will be changed to help prevent Wild Cards form being burned? I really hope this is the case, otherwise I could see this being even more of a loss at some events that already have several pre-qualified teams attending.

[jajabinx124]

Originally Posted by RoboChair

My major question in regards to the Wild Card changes is this. Does this mean that the rules will be changed to help prevent Wild Cards form being burned? I really hope this is the case, otherwise I could see this being even more of a loss at some events that already have several pre-qualified teams attending.

I hope that is the case as well. For the past 2-3 years for the 10,000 lakes regional and North Star regional in MN, their have been a crap ton of wildcards and with this new rule in effect, I see 1 or 2 wildcards being burned because of it. North Star in 2015 burned at least 1 wildcard because there were so many championship qualifying teams attending that regional. Just an example that wildcards get wasted at certain regionals even without the rule change.

[Doug Frisk]

Originally Posted by RoboChair

My major question in regards to the Wild Card changes is this. Does this mean that the rules will be changed to help prevent Wild Cards form being burned? I really hope this is the case, otherwise I could see this being even more of a loss at some events that already have several pre-qualified teams attending.

They said no other changes, so no. It does at least mean that the captain of the finalist alliance will be guaranteed an invite to Championships though.