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Originally Posted by Greg Needel
I know that this will be a disappointment to many people who wish to attend both, but I highly doubt either event will move their dates in the near term as the planning and logistics for these events takes years to setup.
I also think its again important to point out that VEX/RECF and FIRST are two different non-profit organizations, each with their own staff/people/and budgets. While there has traditionally been quite a few schools that participate in both schools, I would guess that that is the minority not the norm now. As they are two independent entities I don't think it is reasonable for either to make special consideration just for what could be a small minority of students to participate in both programs.
The way that I look at it between both programs (and all the others like BEST, botball, etc) we only have ~10% of schools in the USA (worse internationally) with any sort of team (FRC, FTC, VEX etc). With those stats, we should be focused on trying to accommodate the schools that don't have any robotics programs rather than the schools that have multiple ones.
I am sorry that you personally (and your team) will have to choose but I know that regardless of which one you choose you will have a great life experience.
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The counter is that IFI/Vex is a long-standing sponsor of FIRST and FIRST Teams. I know FIRST did not consult long-time sponsors like IFI before making the Split-Champs announcement.
If I remember correctly, didn't Vex/RECF move their CMP a few years back to accommodate the dates that FIRST selected for the CMP? Don't remember what year that was.
FIRST decided to take up BOTH prime-time weekends in April for their Super Regionals. I have developed ideas about this choice that can not be proven but color my view of this decision.
-Mike