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Re: Limit team $
Your robot can cost $4000. That "levels" the playing field. Yes, "better off" teams can afford to do multiple regionals but that's about the only competitive advantage you can buy. Practice bots cost a lot less than you'd think once you have a back log of parts. So, where exactly, do you think this 50k budget goes? In a lot of cases it goes to subsidizing student/mentor travel and paying for outreach. Let's walk through why this is a terrible idea.
(for the record 79 doesn't have a budget anywhere near this, our students/mentors are not subsidized by the team. It's a thought exercise based on our team size and approximated costs. )
We have ~70 students on the team. Our per student cost to Orlando was $400. That's 28k right there. Our KoP was 6k (34k) and we could spend ~4k on the bot (38k). Now for our second regional (@5k I'm at 43k): To DC was $800 a student. I could send less than 10 students. Which leaves 0 money left over for Champs. How did any of this help inspire my kids? And don't say I should send less kids, that limits inspiration.
So, this is a terrible idea.
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