2017 Team Update 4

[rspurlin]

Originally Posted by ollien

What happens at champs then? Per last year's rules, (emphasis mine)



Do they just manually override the schedule there?

Yes, usually, though that is just swapping one team for another. It's not a fruit basket turnover of positions. Some of those who've been around for a while remember when teams would be randomly assigned positions for Elims also. Which meant that at least once per elimination tournament teams would have to switch driver stations between back to back matches. The fixed assignment at least gets rid of that silliness.

FIRST has their reasons for what they do, even if they don't always share the full thought process. The fact that they addressed it in a team update shows that they are thinking about it.