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Re: What can FIRST do to increase FRC team sustainability?

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Originally Posted by logank013 View Post
I think team density is the only real way to drive down price. I feel like most of the price issues come from hotels and travel costs rather than registration fees. When looking at Michigan, most teams easily have 2 events (usually more) within driving distance (now registering for those 2 events is a completely different story). This would lower the cost of running a team by a big amount I feel.
Although that is a factor I don't think that's the issue. In lower NY we have two easily accessible regionals. Yet we still see tons of Long Island and NYC teams die.

The biggest reason I see teams die has nothing to do with funding. It's loss of their primary mentor. I don't think that's really something that can be easily fixed which is a shame.

Many teams do not even put travel towards team expenses. They are the individual expense of the students.
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