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Originally Posted by MICHAELABICK
You brought up a lot of good points. They have 18 fields, and I'm pretty sure they usually have at least 9 regionals a week(1 extra for Einstein), which each need 1 setup, so the field problem doesn't seem like an issue. For the dome reservations, it is an extra 8 - 12 matches, so that would take more time, but not that much more. Especially if they reduced 18 matches per team(what it is now x 2 because of the extra divisions), to like 15, they would have even more time to do einstein matches.
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Yes, but you have to remember that while the courts and FMSs themselves are already paid for, there's still quite a bit that each field requires that isn't on those trucks. All the surrounding equipment, the venue-based A/V and items not shipped with the fields, not to mention shipping what does need to be. Still very expensive, though the manpower issue is likely greater.
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Originally Posted by MICHAELABICK
In terms of manpower though, I can't see a solution. Soon though, we will get to a point where there are too many teams coming, that there is no other option. Hopefully, FIRST will be making enough of a profit from the extra teams coming to CMP, that they will have enough money to bring those extra people.
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Why does FIRST need money to bring extra volunteers? Wait, have I been missing my per diem? Where's my check?
[Please excuse that, what I mean to say is that volunteers mostly pay their own way (sometimes quite a lot). Very few people in the first umbrella get any money, though of course they are important people.]