
11-12-2015, 17:10
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Engineering Coach
AKA: Allen "JAG" Gregory
 FRC #3847 (Spectrum)
Team Role: Coach
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Rookie Year: 2003
Location: Texas
Posts: 2,566
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Re: FIRST in Texas Partners with UIL (University Interscholastic League)
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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis
I don't know how your events are run (obviously), but in MN there's just a different feel for the State Championship versus our other 3 off season events. The other events are minimally staffed, run by teams out of their school gyms. The State Championship has a full event staff (upwards of 100 people) of experienced volunteers, run the same as a real event. There's load-in, inspection, quals, playoffs, awards, and it's set up at the U, where we hold the 10,000 Lakes Regional. It's run at the end of the school year, so it's the final event for the season, while the other off seasons are really run at the beginning of the school year, providing an intro into the next season. At least for us, the event really stands out as something special.
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UIL has already said that won't be what is happening in Texas. I understand how MN works but that is very different from what Texas is doing.
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