2004 Championship Eligibility Criteria!!!

[Joe Matt]

Originally posted by JVN
Okay.
Why?

They are 6 teams... SIX, this is a drop in the bucket, and doesn't significantly affect "the numbers" either way.

Without these teams, there would be NO FIRST, there would be NO Nationals, there would be NO 384, and you would just be another bored HSer who has a vague idea about what enginerding is, and thinks he might, maybe, possibly want to get into it.

19, 45, 126, 190, 191, 250

They are NOT all the best teams in FIRST. Many of them would NOT qualify every year based on performance.

But... they were here FIRST. They laid the groundwork so that we can be here today.

This is FIRST's way of saying thank you, their way of saying "we remember".

So... jeez Joe, what about this possibly "doesn't sit well" with you?


This quote struck me... everyone should read this, and THINK before they comment on this particular issue.

"I have to add, not only is it an accomplishment to have sustained a team for 13 years

the fact that these teams signed up in '92 for something that was just an idea also deserves special recognition.

Without those original teams, there would be no FIRST. I think I can speak for every team in the Rochester, NY area, that we all owe our existance to the spirit and drive of the Xerox/Wilson Xcats - they really spread the idea of FIRST in this area - and next year we will have a regional here.

The original teams were pioneers in every sense of the word!" - Ken Wittlief
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...653#post191653

This whole thing is just a nice gesture from FIRST.
It does not affect things one way or the other.
Why would you possibly be against it?


John

Don't hurt me! *shrives up in corner*

What I mean is this: If they allow all '92 teams, what about the '93 teams, or the '94. They were as pionering, if not more, than the '92, so why leave them out? I just think that just because they've stuck around DOSN'T mean that they should just automatically make it to Nats. Where does the line end? Sure, we should congradulate them on it, but not with giving them something that others don't have.