Michigan rankings

[Alex Dinsmoor]

I personally think that regional winners should not get an automatic invite to states. The point of the point system was to give each team a fair chance at playing at states. This point system would almost guarantee a spot at states for any team who wins a competition.

Winners
Alliance Captain and First Pick 30
Second Pick 24

If you were on the winning alliance (even if you were 2nd pick), you would still get 24 points; more than half of what it takes to get to states. If you were able to win 8 matches in the qualifications at your two events you would have made it in. And chances are if you win one, you will do very good in your other events.

The point system celebrates consistency in playing. If FiM would allow teams to count their third event win, then how would the team who gets bumped out of going to states feel? Just because team X has enough money to go to three events, means they get to go because they won on their third event? You need to think of the teams on the bubble, and how they would feel.

I know that my team does not have the funding (or the time) to go to three events. If a team from below us in the rankings got to go because they got lucky and got picked third (or earned their way), I would feel pretty upset.

Here is something for you to think about also: What happens if a team is on their third event and becomes a backup robot and then goes on to win the event all because of a robot failure?