[FRC Blog]2017 Updates

[AdamHeard]

I really like the Round Robin. It's a great show at Vex worlds (although a good deal shorter with only 5 alliances).

I also like the +1 wildcard.

Good decision!

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Atrocious? That's a little extreme.
Perhaps FIRST will choose to move some teams from the North down South. That may help a little.

I mean maybe atrocious isn't the right word, but his point of the event being watered down is valid.

A huge increase in the number of teams divided into even more subdivisions, without a large increase in total # of FRC teams or the competitiveness of existing teams.

Whether this is a good or bad thing is certainly an opinion, but it's factually true that the divisions will be weaker.