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Originally posted by Koko Ed
It's a little late this year but maybe for Houston if it can get organized enough.
Perhaps we should start a food fund for teams that need the help (and before someone screams "Welfare!" please remember that we're talking gracious professionalism here first and foremost and that basically means helping out those who need the most help). A simple donation of funds from teams, pool it together and arrange it for vouchers to be used at venues so teams can at least afford to feed their kids.
The venues do deserve to make money but not at the expense of driving underfunded teams into bankruptcy. This seems like a happy medium.
Discuss.
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I agree that this is a great way to help out some of the under-funded teams, but I think that there is a bigger issue at stake here... What needs to be realized here is that a lot (probably most) venues contract out their concessions. The venue has already made their money and the food-service contractor is trying to make back the money they spent on the contract and make a profit. I don't think, however, that it is right to charge teams of high school kids $7.75 for a slice of Domino's pizza and a soda. Having worked in food service for some time, I can tell you that their actual cost for this meal (just for food, not labor, contract, utitlities, etc.) is probably about $.75...if that. The food isn't even good, either.
I am not sure what level of control that FIRST has on this, but it would be nice if something could be done. I, personally, will not be buying anything from the concession stands in Houston.