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Re: Field Electronics

I am totally and completely aware of the cost associated with building a field. I am not interested in building a field with the airtight and contact link with the FIRST HQ. I want a field to take to an off season events in my area without paying for the field rental and FTA at the event. I want the scoring interface, DS interface, judges panels, the displays and e stop interface.

Our team is working on the resources to get the field and full electronics. The way I see it, it's not about the money, it's about getting high school kids who maybe couldn't afford to go on the trip. Or maybe showing kids what FIRST is all about. With the resources of this field we can get FIRST exposed to even more people. Maybe the team could adapt the field for use in a mini battlebots competition in our high school for a fundraiser?

The question to me is why is FIRST being so secretive about the field? And why can't I get detailed information about the field? I just think this secret thing is kind of dumb.