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Originally Posted by Cory
The demand would also be massive and teams would be outraged that certain teams got spots and others didn't. That's a practical limitation that is probably a bigger concern than the money, given that there will not be that many open spots available for teams to cross-play in this year.
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This was more my line of thought. Of course FIRST sees the benefit not losing out on regional registration fees, but however easy we want to make it seem for them to let regional teams play, or x, or y, they're trying something new and they're acting with a bit of restraint-- remember that it is a large enough organization that it has a bit of inertia. Opening the floodgates entirely would be rather irresponsible on their part-- not to reiterate Cory's statement too much, but having a ton of teams vying for a few spots is a recipe for conflict. That first would like to avoid introducing new venom into the FIRST community after the 2014 game shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. Besides, in the grand scheme of things, a gradual transition of one or two seasons really isn't that long of a wait.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, I trust that FIRST HQ genuinely has the best interests of teams at heart.