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Originally Posted by AdamHeard
The real magic is giving teams time AFTER the compete so they can iterate and get ready for their 2nd show with all the inspiration and lessons from competing once (and webcasts, etc.).
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Before I say anything let me preface this by saying I like some parts of this idea.
The issue I see with this is that many teams only do a single regional. Especially when we are talking about the teams that may drop out. This problem is alleviated with the district system however it already does something similar to what you proposed. If your proposition happens the gap at a week 4 or 5 regional between the single regional teams and multi regional teams is going to widen significantly simultaneously probably raising the drop off rate.
There is hope to this system however. What if teams got to keep their bags open after the first regional of the season. This would give everyone a week or two break and a time to watch other robots compete.
Although I still think the playing field would be more level without it at all.