[FRC Blog] 2017 FIRST Championships Allocations for Districts

[Drakxii]

I agree with the point of limiting the number of district teams going to north champs differently then the south champs.

As for waitlists and district teams, why not just leave waitlist for regional teams and give districts the full allotment? As I see it both waitlist and districts were way to help teams that the regional system was leaving behind.

[Rangel(kf7fdb)]

Originally Posted by Drakxii

I agree with the point of limiting the number of district teams going to north champs differently then the south champs.

As for waitlists and district teams, why not just leave waitlist for regional teams and give districts the full allotment? As I see it both waitlist and districts were way to help teams that the regional system was leaving behind.

The direction FIRST is taking is more about giving everyone a better chance of going to championships with an emphasis on weaker/underdeveloped teams. In this case though, they are taking away earned slots in favor of the waitlist. Besides decreased competitiveness, one major con might be that mid tier teams find it increasingly harder to qualify on their own merit since mid tier teams(I would think) occupy the bottom 10 percent of teams that qualify from a district. Overall I don't really approve of any decreased competitiveness at this point but FIRST has chosen their path and they might as well go as far as they can if they think this is for the best.

[Thad House]

Interesting that the districts going to the south post season expo gained 40%, 55% and 36% more teams, whereas the teams going to the north expo gained 1 or 2 spots at maximum.