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Re: Quitting FRC for Vex?

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Originally Posted by GreyingJay View Post

I recognize it may not BE possible. It would definitely change the competition landscape. The calendar logistics aside, a longer build season would allow the rookies to actually get a robot done but then the 1114's and 254's of the world would have that much more time to build something amazing. It could lower the entry barrier but widen the competition gap, forcing the rookies to work that much harder anyway just to keep up.

In the end, I think there's definitely a place for both programs.
There definitely is the space for both. As Blake said, 95% of roboteers aren't in either program. We've still got a large space to grow.

The "extend build season/no more bag day" argument has been talked about so much that

If we want to start that discussion, there are plenty of other threads to do it. Let's try to avoid derailing this one.
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