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Originally Posted by Jimmy Nichols
How does this work? I know that the districts receive money for every team that registers from the district with FIRST, but from everything I know they still need to pay $5K* for their initial registration. According to FIRST's site, this is the case.
*$6K for Rookies. |
I cannot speak for the inner workings of FIRST. I can tell you that when we were in regionals, we spent $5K to get going and it covered the KoP and our first regional. This year, I paid $4K to start and it covered the KoP and two district competitions... It could be that rookie teams still pay the extra $1,000 - so $5K for both events.
I believe that the main reason for this is that renting a venue large enough for a regional competition is quite expensive, but HS gymnasiums are relatively cheap - sometimes free if the event is "hosted" by that high school's FRC team... That savings is passed on to the teams.