[Squillo]

Oh, yeah, I thought of shipping the robots, then forgot about it again. (And yes, I do remember when they shifted to "bag & tag" - that was when we started having to get shipping exemptions every year, and I'm the one who handles that! And this year, since we went to two regionals, we had to pay to ship our 'bot home from Oahu, even with the 2-free-legs covered by the exemption.)

What DOES it cost to ship a robot crate overland in the U.S.? (I figure ours is more expensive because it has to fly.) You're right, that is something that I would think FIRST would have to cover.

I was thinking more like about 80-90 double-ticket teams; they could make it a lottery from among those who qualify and want to go (if enough want to go). Then the next year any qualifying team that didn't go the prior year would get preference, and so on.