[FRC Blog] 2017 FIRST Championships Allocations for Districts

[AGPapa]

Originally Posted by BMSOTM

Are you sure that 834 was a waitlist team rather than points? I know that after declines 5624 made it on points (confirmed by their mentor, despite not being listed as such on the leaderboard) and 1989 was qualified at the same time, and 834 qualified immediately after 1989 dropped.

If 5624 made it on points there should be a red "DI" on this page. Since there isn't, I assume they hadn't received an invitation. 1989 also does not have a red "DI". If we can't trust that page then we're in real trouble.

Assuming that page correctly shows invitations, here is how I have MAR teams qualifying. These should be the 22 teams that FIRST allocated to MAR. Note that 193 is the last points team in this list and the link shows them as the last team to get an invitation. The teams after 193 that are shown as qualified either have the note saying that they are waitlist teams or have qualified with an award.

225 - DCMP winner
25 - Points
3314 - Points
5895 - Points
1257 - Points
2590 - Wildcard
1218 - CA
708 - Points
1089 - Points
1640 - Points
869 - Points
1391 - Points
41 - Points
1712 - Points
5401 - Points 
1676 - Regional CA
1143 - Points
193 - Points
11 - Regional CA
1923 - CA
321 - CA
6016 - RAS

Originally Posted by Monochron

I don't think it's a leap to say that FIRST uses waitlist spots, in part, to help make this happen.

Why does FIRST value the opportunity for non-qualified district teams to attend FIRST Championship, even more than the opportunity for some qualified teams?