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Originally Posted by gblake
If there are other reasons to lengthen the build season, they can be debated outside this thread, but without evidence off a stronger connection between the two, don't advocate doing it to increase sustainability.
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I will say it again: I think there are a lot of us that feel it is relevant to the sustainability of FRC teams and that is what this thread is about.
I've got another big reason to end bag and tag for sustainability... cost to FIRST. I don't mean merely money. It costs FIRST very little from a resources perspective to end it. In fact, it saves them on bags, zip ties, and the headache involved with that portion of the inspection process.
That savings doesn't help teams become more sustainable but in comparison to other ideas in this thread, it costs FIRST pretty much nothing from a resources perspective. It is low hanging fruit.
There are a lot of us that think it will help with team sustainability by enabling teams to become more competitive and giving them that "Eureka!" moment that creates an impetus to come back and do it all over again and again in spite of failure. When that moment never comes you get burnout, exhaustion, frustration, funding dries up, and participation ends.
I have seen my share of teams collapse over the years and I'd like to think ending bag and tag would have helped more than a few of them by showing them that this program can be very rewarding. I can't predict alternative outcomes but I'm not going to let someone else who can't predict them either tell me I should take my very reasonable ideas and go home... that's not how arguing on the Internet works.
