[Racer26]

WOW!

Looking at the details:

New teams can get $7,500.
Existing teams can get $5,000.

ALL teams that qualify for state, national, or world championships can get an entry fee.

For the District grants, the team must show 50% of the grant value in local sponsorship from 3rd parties (if I'm understanding this right)

There were 203 MI teams in 2013. 64 Qualified for MICMP, and 35 MI teams competed at CMP.

35 x $5000 (CMP Registration) = $175,000
64 x $4000 (MICMP Registration) = $256,000
203 x $5000 (District Registration) = $1,015,000

Total cost per season if it were to pay for EVERY veteran MI Team's District/MICMP/CMP registrations? $1,446,000.

This grant is supposed to last 3 years. It won't be paying for everyone's initial $5,000 registration, but it very well might pay for state and world championship entry fees for most of the MI teams each year.

Sweet deal. Way to go MI.