Looks like I guessed pretty close to how the split would go…in September!
Disappointed that HQ/BoD still have not come to grips with the opt out mechanism.
Well, $@#$@#$@#$@#, now I’m sad.
My hope is that they take the simplest solution here:
STEP 1: Team that wants to jump pays their registration for their home Championship.
STEP 2: They email FIRST (or select in TIMS, or whatever) to indicate they want to switch. They go on a first-come-first-served list. They know where they are in the list, and there’s a button to give up their place on the list.
STEP 3: They wait for a team to perform Step 2 going in the other direction.
STEP 4: They’re switched.
Don’t forget Indiana, another incredibly strong district for it’s size.
I’m interested in how the logistics of filling the CMP slots will work. I hadn’t considered the fact that teams competing at the same regional/district event could earn spots at different championship events.
The possibility exists that one event could fill up faster than the other, resulting in a large difference in the # of wait list slots available in one event over the other,
Im sure I’m missing some but it looks like only 7 HOF/original teams in the Houston champs while all the rest are in the St. Louis/Detroit.
I get that FIRST can’t help where the HOF and original team are from but the HOF area at champs are going to look even more sparce than they have; but with less teams they should be able to give the HOF teams the amount of space they used to/deserve to have…
Ability to attend your “non-home” FIRST Championship
As noted above, our primary goal is to ensure teams have the ability to attend their “home” Championship, which in most cases will be closer to where they live than their non-home Championship, thereby hopefully minimizing travel costs and transit time. However, we recognize that some teams may desire to attend their non-home Championship for a variety of reasons. Hence, we are working to finalize a mechanism whereby FRC teams can elect to attend their non-home Championship. However, to maintain balance between the two events, not every team who asks may be able to move to their “non-home” Championship. Specifically, FIRST may limit the quantity of teams allowed to change from one event to the other for various reasons. As noted above, details on this program are still being worked out and will be communicated at a future date. Due to the processes by which FTC, FLL and FLL Jr. teams qualify for Championship, those Programs will require teams to attend their home Championship.
I read this as “No, not every powerhouse team is going to go to the same Championship.” Which, while a bummer, is probably for the best.
I’ll probably be looking at a list of the Houston teams and crying softly to myself for the rest of the day.
Didn’t it literally just plummet to zero?
Naturally, I’m quite bummed we won’t get to see many of the new Californian and PNW buddies we made while attending Championship this year. A lot of our pit neighbors are falling on the other side of the split, and that’s a real downer. Getting to be in an aisle with so many top notch teams from the west was really awesome.
Selfishly, I’m pleased we have the later dates of Championship (and we get to hopefully return to STL next year).
On the other hand, knowing how much our students were impressed (and hopefully inspired) by the Championship experience, I’m hoping that FIRST’s desired change comes to fruition. I’m hoping more teams will be able to experience Championship at a reasonable cost, and that both events will maintain the same level of inspiration at the singular event has achieved.
We are slated for Houston.
Knoxville to Detroit or St Louis, ~7.5 hours.
Knoxville to Houston, ~13.5 hours.
The Kentucky border isn’t far from us - time to rent a P.O. Box for our home address?? :rolleyes:
If the split happened in 2016, what would each CMP’s OPRs look like?
Is there a way to move this post to the top of the thread? Or could the OP edit in this link so that the first post is not just the map?
Southern champs for us!
On the other hand, three of the past four (and four of the past six)Chairman’s Winners will be on the Houston side of the divide.
That’s what I read into this too. As much as it could be super simple, they’re probably going to make an overly complicated system to make sure the events are approximately balanced.
We’re set to go to Houston, but I’m pretty excited for it. The event might not be as strong (or at least, that’s what it seems like most people think), but it has almost every major international area, in addition to teams from both coasts of the US. That’s going to be fun.
Guess we will be in Houston, missing our East Coast, Canadian, and some International buddies.
I know I say this a lot,
but man FIRST really $@#$@#$@#$@#ed up with this call.
So when’s the next time you’ll see your alliance partners from last week ever again?
Took care of it. Hope that helps!
Wow… it took them a year and special committee to come up with this? They haven’t even decided on “non-home” champs selections or culminating event details.
Also I wish FIRST would stop focusing on the “affordable” of this when they are making TN and NC go to Houston instead of Detroit/St. Louis. Not to mention that Houston is one of the more expensive places to fly to in the US.
Really disappointed that NC got assigned to Houston. The trip to Houston is around 200 miles further than to St. Louis and 400 miles further than to Detroit. We will be looking at significantly high bus/flight costs (not to mention possibly needing a third driver if bussing) as well as increased travel time.
I understand the need to balance the teams, but an additional 400 miles (or more from other places) is a massive burden to put on teams looking to grow.