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Originally Posted by Jim Zondag
Fact: teams who play more get better. This is not just an opinion, it’s a fact.
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Which is why we should be doing everything we can to get more playing time for the teams.
As a Field Supervisor I see many teams play their 9 or 10 matches and then they are done for the year. The teams learn by competing, and 22 minutes of playing time isn't much of a return on 6.5 weeks of investment.
Everyone seems to be dancing around the cost of the regionals. $4000 or roughly $400 for 2 minutes and 15 seconds of playing time is not cost effective. We need a lower entry fee.
My dream would be a semi trailer that would pull up, unfold into a playing field in minutes, minimal number of volunteers needed for scoring, queuing, being refs, and playing for several hours. That would enable competitions among school conference teams, or school regionals, or county competitions.
We have a huge built in infrastructure for sports in this country. Most schools have football stadiums, baseball diamonds, basketball courts, ready for playing at any time. We aren't there yet with robotics fields all over, and probably won't be any time soon.
Maybe FRC needs to consider other field surfaces (turf, tennis courts, hardwood, asphalt) for games.
My fundamental point is we need to give the teams more and cheaper playing time.