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Originally Posted by Duke461
As for time, can you, being someone who volunteered to work hard for 2 days straight, not take another 10 minutes to fix the nets, so that the winning teams can enjoy a priceless experience, and be able to take another tangible piece of their victory home?
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I volunteer at a regional each year and work for
3.5 days straight. The end goal of the regional (other than a successful competition) is to provide the greatest experience to the teams, but why do that at an extra expense to FIRST? Sure, teams pay a $5000 entry fee but that covers more costs than just $5 nets. I understand that cutting nets is a basketball tradition and the field nets would be a great low cost souvenir for the winning teams.
Dan-o's suggestion of buying a matching net and bringing to the event may be the best route if any team really wants to pursue this. If the nets were
available and it were up to me, I would allow it... but its not up to me. Ultimately its FIRST's decision. The fields have already been shipped with all their spare parts. I doubt FIRST planned for teams to cut the nets so there probably isn't a full set of new nets included for each event.
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Originally Posted by Nate Laverdure
If a playing field isn't being sent on to another competition site, the cost of giving away a net is a sunk cost.
EDIT: Put another way-- why replace a net that won't be used in the next week?
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Nate,
My quick calculation was based on simply the 69 events (not including Championship) listed on the FRC events page. 69x3x$5 = $1,035. I understand your reasoning and calculations regarding the number of field sets and concurrent events. That being said, you didn't account for the 4 practice fields at Championship or if the division winners would want to cut their nets. It doesn't make much of a difference in the end result but I'd hate to see your calculation be incorrect.