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Originally Posted by jpetito
One added recommendation: more off-season FRC events, locally based and sponsored, that support 30 to 40 teams across maybe two days, that will promote the skill and knowledge base, and transfer the team institutional memory. A focus for the off-season gig would be on inviting newer teams to play the game one more time, helping them along, with expert teams sending their expert people, but not necessarily their machine, to help out.
One more thing-- make the off-season game cheap and local, with minimal awards and junk.
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Fortunately, Northern California had 3 such events last fall (we went to all 3), and they each cost about $200-400 to enter. Great team motivators.