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About the division of teams at nationals . . .
Posted by Billy Mallard at 03/24/2001 10:20 PM EST
Student on team #254, the Cheesy Poofs, from Bellarmine College Prep and NASA.
In Reply to: Bridge Coming off the Fulcrum ...
Posted by Roly Anderson on 03/20/2001 8:55 AM EST:
: When dividing up the teams for the divisions at nationals, I think FIRST should split up the teams equally between the divisions according to their experience, as follows:
: Lets say for example that there are 100 teams with 3 years as a registered first team, 25 would be in each division. If there are 120 rookie teams, then put 30 in each division etc. They could even indicate on the divisional team lists, how many years experience each team has!
I assume that the proposed division of teams according to years of experience is in the spirit of making each section more or less even. But it would seem a bit unfair to automatically assume rookie teams to be less skilled than any other veteran team.
So i propose that, rather than dividing the sections according to years of involvement, they be divided according to the team's average score for all the regionals which they have attended. Now, i'm not sure whether FIRST keeps track of this, but it's an idea for future use. As far as i can tell, it's a good idea. Any thoughts?
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