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Originally Posted by Foster
For those of you that like to plan ahead, in 2021, kickoff should be Sat 9 January. Unless FIRST decides to give up on all that "Build in the Winter" stuff and go to Kickoff the second Saturday in June  (*)
(*) Which would work. (**) It has the semi-champs done by Labor day, does not interfere with school testing, allows more people to attend as spectators since they don't need to take students out of school. Only downside is IRI would move into October, but Indiana is really nice in the fall.
(**) But we've beaten the "move the FRC season" to death in other threads.... |
Going back in history, the 2010 kickoff was also January 9th.
Perhaps FIRST should codify Kickoff like US general election dates (Tuesday after the first Monday in November). Henceforth, Kickoff will be the Saturday following the first Thursday of January.