2004 Championship Eligibility Criteria!!!

[Jnadke]

Originally posted by Jason Morrella
A team is placed in a tier based on "the last year they attended the Championship OR (if they have NEVER attended the Championship) how many years they have participated in FIRST without attending the Championship."?

Your concern is valid, but don't worry - it's not the case. Teams who have not gone in 3 years will be two tiers above those who have not gone in 1 year - regardless of if they have ever gone or not.

Don't know if that wording (which is my interpretation, NOT an official wording from FIRST) helps clarify or not.

JM

Partially I mentioned it to defend rookies... from what I heard, first-year rookie teams start out in tier 0. With the suggestion I made, first-year rookie teams would start out in tier 1 (since this is their first year competing), with everyone else who went the prior year. That way last year's rookies would get a fair chance at the lottery on tier 2, instead of being hopelessly lost on tier 1. While this suggestion doesn't put rookies over any team, it gives them a fair chance for the next year (most likely pre-registration will cover tier 6-3 teams and then a lottery will be held for tier 2).