[dag0620]

To be blunt, NO.

Now I'm probably the most obsessive person on my team when it comes to FIRST, and I dedicate a boat load of time to it and my team.

However from a students view (well graduating student), having more then 6 weeks would be too draining. As it is on my team, and many others in our area, we are meeting 2-3 times a week in competition season, not necessarily to work on the robot, but there's just so many other things that need to get prepped and worked on for whatever our next competition is. Now adding onto all of that the full ability to work on the robot would mean that I'd be spending more time at team meetings during March and April.

Also I like many other students will probably say my grades take a hit during build season. It's normally not a huge hit, but there's still a visible dip. I would not be able to maintain a good final average in my classes if we extended build season.

I think the thing that is being forgotten in the other thread is that FRC is still a High School Robotics Competition. While it is meant to be as close to the real world as it can, it still has to first and foremost be a High School program, and the 6 week build season helps limit it and make it work for the students.

My $0.02