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Originally Posted by DonShaw
77 teams were listed in GA for 2015 season and only 60 teams competed in 2015. Why did 22.5% (17) not compete last year.
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I don't know. Do you have any insight into the disparate numbers? (17/77 is only 22.1%, isn't it?)
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Why hold District Championships (State) in Athens, GA which will require 99% of the teams to travel and bear the brunt of hotel and meals?
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Your exaggerated numbers don't make me want to take you very seriously. In order to have 99% of teams travel, you'd need 100 teams at the state championship with only one not traveling. With fewer than 80 teams in total, that isn't very likely.
From a brief look at the map, it seems to me that there are at least four FRC teams in Georgia that wouldn't need to do an overnight trip to Athens. Even if every team in the state made the championship, that's less than 95% who would need to travel. Your point would have been just as strong had you said "more than 90%" instead of the hyperbolic "99%".
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About 60% of the teams in GA are located in the Metro Atlanta area, would it not make more sense to hold the championship in the areas that holds most of the teams? This would require fewer teams travelling expenses.
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It would make a lot of sense if you could assume two things: all teams are equally likely to attend the state championship, and the costs of the two venues are the same. The first assumption is reasonable, if perhaps a bit generous. Do you have any information on the second?
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Minimum cost to go to worlds will now be approximately $9k to go to state and another $4k for world costing $13K under the district model. This assumption is if no travelling is required to district events.
Minimum cost to go to worlds under regional model $9k ( one regional at $5k and worlds at $4k).
I just do not see the benefit when analyzed with all cost per play calculated not just registration fees of FIRST.
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If you analyze it again with two regionals, you'll see the benefit clearly. Complaining that it's more expensive to attend twice as many events doesn't strike me as an attitude I should care a lot about.
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Originally Posted by ttldomination
So, I did some quick analysis on this on a number of different scenarios....
Team attends 2 Districts (2 Travel, No Eliminations): $485
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You didn't show the numbers for a team that does not need an overnight trip for one of their events. That would make the cost per play even lower.