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Re: Qualifying For the 2005 Nationals

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Originally Posted by MikeDubreuil
To me it looked like they could put another field in the Georgia dome. For those that were there....
Mike,
To me the issue is not that of space, it comes down to:
1. Having enough people and equipment to support a fifth division and
2. Devising a playoff/finals system that works in a timely and fair fashion. If anyone has ever arranged a large scale tournament you know the problems that exist.

With five division champions how do you hold finals? A round robin format would probably lengthen the day by at least an hour or more and any implimentation of double elimination or single elimination factoring in byes would do the same. Unless your divisions are a multiple of four, I see no fair way to treat all division winners equally and adding another four divisions does not seem practical from a field/equipment/people standpoint.

With all of that said, I'd love to find a way to include as many teams as possible, downsize the divisions to "regular regional" size, and have each team run more matches. Looking at the big picture, I think FIRST is already doing the best it can to accomodate all of those ideals.
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