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Originally Posted by RufflesRidge
Hot take given that kickoff has never been held on January 2nd.
It was held January 9th in both 2010 and 1999 and the 1993 manual lists it as January 8th. This makes perfect sense given that the 2nd would put setup for kickoffs, as well as the Founder's Reception on New Year's day.
Shouldn't have been much of a surprise.
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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson
I would have been surprised if Kickoff had been January 2. It was "delayed a week" before recently enough that I think the planning committee ought to have known it was a possibility.
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I could give the committee a pass for not remembering the 1993 and 1999 dates (only one South Carolina team existed at all in 1999), but I had forgotten about 2010. Perhaps the better phrasing is that the committee was caught off-guard by it.
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Originally Posted by robochick1319
But I can't see the next week working either since there is another event scheduled at the same time. Perhaps they could handle both? Or perhaps Palmetto will be a week 2 or 3 event?
I hope they can figure something out. A Wed-Thurs-Friday event is going to be trouble for a lot of teams, especially our long distance friends. This may be a much smaller Palmetto regional as a result.
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Originally Posted by ebarker
If I remember correctly MB has 3 or 4 halls, and the FRC event takes two halls. So yes, it could happen.
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Wednesday-Thursday-Friday is kinda murderous for our 4-H club. I know schools are on a tight leash for time out of the classroom (ridiculous, but another topic), but in our case it's not even a field trip for our kids. Add in the Georgia and North Carolina events coming off the board, and it's going to be tough planning a schedule that lets us compete twice. (Yes, 4901 has always done Orlando as the second event. But with the calendar shift, will that be back-to-back? That's a roughness all its own!)
As for the convention center, there are
three halls (plus a grand ballroom) in the building. Palmetto has always used B for the pits, C for the arena (and just as important, the pull-out bleachers).
All that said, I would not shed a single solitary tear if Palmetto shrank by a dozen teams next year. Week 1 and 67 teams means a lot of good teams are getting lost in the shuffle at their home event. (Columbia is a combined 0-for-18 on awards and playoff appearances in the three years it's been in Myrtle Beach. The three years before that, a Columbia team was in the winning alliance. We haven't fallen off that much, have we?)