[FRC Blog] 2017 FIRST Championships Allocations for Districts

[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by logank013

That's actually my point. Indiana had 49 teams in 2016 where NC had 52 teams. Now that means in 2017 14/52 = 26.9% of teams from NC go to worlds where 10/49 = 20.4% of teams in IN get to go to worlds. All I'm saying is it's not the same % of each area going to worlds. I thought that was one of FIRST's points when they allocated spots to worlds.

Chesapeake 26/132 = 19.7%
Indiana = 10/49 = 20.4%
MI = 79/411 = 19.2%
MAR = 24/121 = 19.8%
NC = 14/52 = 26.9%
NE = 35/181 = 19.3%
PNW = 41/158 = 25.9%
PeachTree = 17/65 = 26.2%

Yes, but contrary to what you said earlier, that difference is NOT due to the number of districts or district teams feeding into each champs. It's due to a combination of the total number of teams in each region (North has about 200 teams more than South) and probably due to the number of available spots in each region - that number is not going to be the same for both champs, as the number of pre-qualified teams for both are different.

My point is, dig into why the numbers are the way they are, don't just make assumptions about the source of the difference. When you dig into the true root cause of the difference, then you can start looking at useful suggestions for improvements.