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Originally Posted by Sperkowsky
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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Here in KC, KC STEM does a great jobs of offering their own build space (team 1775, world division finalist builds there), and trying to give great resources to keep teams running. While I do think that FIRST might be able to help in this way, having regional mentors and build spaces, that are given by the local FIRST chapter can go a long way. I don't know of any other FIRST area, and having them support it would go a long way.