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FrankJ 20-07-2016 15:59
Re: Why the Conflicting Date?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Michael Corsetto (Post 1597753)
FIRST decided to take up BOTH prime-time weekends in April for their Super Regionals. I have developed ideas about this choice that can not be proven but color my view of this decision.
-Mike
As others have said, there are not a lot options for when to hold the championships. It has to be a week after the end of season to allow transportation. AP exams are early May and you cannot conflict with that. I am sure Vex has the same issues.

As a realistic thing, I wonder how teams actually have this quandary? Being eligible for both events. have the resources to attend both events, and or able to take off that much time from school.

Michael Corsetto 20-07-2016 16:06
Re: Why the Conflicting Date?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by FrankJ (Post 1597765)
As others have said, there are not a lot options for when to hold the championships. It has to be a week after the end of season to allow transportation. AP exams are early May and you cannot conflict with that. I am sure Vex has the same issues.

As a realistic thing, I wonder how teams actually have this quandary? Being eligible for both events. have the resources to attend both events, and or able to take off that much time from school.
Beyond teams, there are Volunteer, Key Volunteer, and Sponsor pools that are impacted by conflicting FIRST and Vex Champs.

-Mike

rsisk 20-07-2016 16:17
Re: Why the Conflicting Date?
 
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Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber (Post 1597743)
Ha... ha ha. No. It's gonna be impossible to find enough volunteers for two of these things back to back weeks. The same week? I'm pretty sure the VCs would murder people.
As well as the fact the ven diagram of VEX and FIRST volunteers has a big overlap.

FrankJ 20-07-2016 16:26
Re: Why the Conflicting Date?
 
First goes back to one true championship. Problem solved. ;)

bkahl 20-07-2016 16:44
Re: Why the Conflicting Date?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by FrankJ (Post 1597774)
First goes back to one true championship. Problem solved. ;)
Quote:
Originally Posted by bkahl (Post 1597749)
Even with single champs, VEX Worlds and FIRST Worlds fell on the same weekend in 2014.
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phantom285a 20-07-2016 18:00
Re: Why the Conflicting Date?
 
"At least it only conflicts with Houston once, though that may not be of any consolation to if you are a senior. The two years after that it conflicts with Detroit, so it is actually worse for northern teams."

April 19-22, 2017 – Houston, TX
April 26-29, 2017 – St. Louis, MO
April 18-21, 2018 – Houston, TX
April 25-28, 2018 – Detroit, MI

Not really :(
But as Andrew pointed out it definitely wouldn't be a smart idea to miss two consecutive weeks of school.

EricH 20-07-2016 19:52
Re: Why the Conflicting Date?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber (Post 1597743)
No. It's gonna be impossible to find enough volunteers for two of these things back to back weeks. The same week? I'm pretty sure the VCs would murder people.
I don't think they'd murder them... (OK, maybe whoever came up with that bright idea.)

They're far more likely to volunteer them (or, more likely, press-gang them into volunteering).


If they're the same weekend, you need to recruit a full and complete volunteer contingent for both events, and you can't overlap the contingents. If they're back-to-back... Well, some folks might be crazy enough to do both.


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