Coopertition Award.

[=Martin=Taylor=]

Something is very wrong with this award.

The spirit of the award is to celebrate coopertition by helping your opponents to compete. But in reality it celebrates the highest seeded team.

FIRST rules state:

Coopertition™ Award
The Coopertition™ Award celebrates the team that best demonstrates the ability to help their opponents compete. In the inaugural year of the Coopertition Award, the award will be granted to the team that earns the most Coopertition Bonus points during the competition.

Out of 24 regionals, the 1st seed team won the award 15 times, 2nd seed 6 times, 3rd seed once, and only two teams NOT in the top three won it.

Are the top seeded teams the most cooperitive? Often yes, but I'd imagine a few lower seeding teams to win an award for cooperition as well.

Don't get me wrong, seeding 1st is a huge achievement. But this award should have nothing to do with where you seed.

Something is wrong here.