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Re: [FRC Blog] FRC Events Being Posted and AMAA on FUN
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Originally Posted by mwmac
2 things:
1. Absolutely agree that better event date coordination is required between RD's and First HQ. Last year was bad for teams doing two events (given the travel distances involved) for the intermountain west, (with Utah, Sacramento, Colorado, Idaho, Las Vegas and Western Canada events all scheduled within three weeks) but the 2017 schedule for Pittsburgh, FLR and Tech Valley is now the poster child for poor event scheduling.
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Agreed with mwmac. Travelwise, our team, among others, had to go farther. Last year, the Utah Regional was scheduled for Week 3, and the Colorado Regional was for Week 4. Traditionally, a lot of Colorado teams go to Utah and then Colorado a few weeks later. However, due to the week change, most Colorado teams that would have gone to Utah opted to go to the Arizona North Regional, and Utah ended up being a lot smaller this year than in previous years. Few Colorado teams went to Utah, and there were some that opted to go to Las Vegas, a Week 5 event, instead of Utah.
That being said, I've never seen a scheduling mishap like this before. The teams that are close to all of them now have to decide between one, when they would otherwise go to more. Sorry to hear you all have this decision to make. Hope this doesn't happen again in the future. 
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