Your Thoughts on the 2005 Championship Eligibility Criteria!

[KathieK]

If I am reading this correctly, 23 teams are already qualified to attend. Six teams will qualify at each Regional (1 Chairman's, 1 Rookie, 1 Engineering Inspiration and 3 Champions) times about 30 regionals = +-180 teams (but there may be some duplicate winners). So there will be around 100 slots left for the remaining teams to fill. It sounds like Tier 8 teams will be given first choice at registering, followed by Tier 7 teams, etc. If they get to a tier that has more teams in it than there are slots left available, then the lottery system falls into place. Since the tiers are based on the last year you attended, teams who have not been in a long time have been given priority. If you have never attended, the tiers were assigned based on your first year in FIRST.