[EricH]

Originally Posted by MechEng83

You're looking at it from the perspective of a team that would attend many events. A majority of teams in the regional model attend only 1 event.

As well, there is the perspective of the "isolated" teams. HI fits in here (there aren't enough teams on any one island to have a full regional, I believe, and so they have to fly to compete, WITH their robot). So do the Dakotas, Alaska*, Chile, Great Britain, and the Netherlands.

Very simply, an "isolated" team has to travel overnight to get to ANY event. Two events won't save them any money, if they were previously a 1-event team, because the $4000 saved in registration will simply go towards travel to the second event (along with whatever else they can fundraise).


*Alaska's one team will be an interesting test case in PNW this year--putting it mildly.



Back to the original topic...

This is an interesting option as far as it goes. In team-dense regions, I can see it working. In team-sparse regions, or long-travel regions, it's going to go over about like concrete blocks in a swimming pool.