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Originally Posted by Caleb Sykes
After reading through Q2, I think what Minnesota needs is to lose many of its key sponsors of FRC  , I guess I'll get to work on that since no one else will.
On a more serious note, I think there is something very important to be taken from Q2, which is that Michigan needed a catalyst for change before they invented this crazy new system. Right now, I don't see any major catalyst in MN pushing us along into districts, part of me hopes I'm wrong. |
We have that catalyst. We cannot expect more team growth, or even many existing teams to do well, unless the program becomes less expensive. An indirect way to do this is to provide more opportunities for the same cost to the teams. MI also reduces their own costs, which allows them to go further with the contributions they get. Right now FIRST isn't entertaining any reductions in reg costs, but this is the most direct way to reduce team expenses. PNW's latest approach to its finances also puts pressure on their organization to reduce its costs.
Going to districts is not downsizing. It's making current operations more efficient to enable upsizing.