Making heads or tails of the new announcement...

[Todd Derbyshire]

What First should have done is this if it needed to limit Nationals
1)All winners of competitions last year and Chairman's award winner. This includes the winners of the divisions in Florida.
2) Whoever, hasn't qualified yet for Nationals has to face a process similiar to what the card game Magic has which is the DCI rating system. All teams will play their matches in the regular season and develop a ranking. This rating would be composed somehow be average points in a match by average points given up.(IF Given the ability to do so in the game). This system would not only give the top teams which FIRST whether it wanted to say it or not stated in their statement quite clearly that it wants the top and elite teams in Florida. So as a recap you would have the previous years winners invited of the robotic competition and chairman's award. Wait a second the overall flaw with FIRST'S STATEMENT WHAT HAPPENS IF A TEAM ALREADY QUALIFIED QUALIFIES AGAIN. a.k.a. Delphi. Well, I would definitely say this to the teams that are qualified you may participate in a regional to practice this years game but you may not move into the playoffs. I can see it no a team in the semifinal gets paired against a team who is already qualifed. Oh wait we forfeit and that team gets to go to the final while two other teams have to battle it out to reach the final.!!~!!! I can see it happening and its not right. So I am praying right now that Woodie or Dean has been reading these posts and has seen the flaws in their message for what they have stated in that message was not at all FIRST material. What FIRST stated in that message was something a FOX sports station would want were they would only want to see the elite of the elite and not the true spirit of FIRST.