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Originally Posted by Sperkowsky
This is beyond fantastic. Talking to some Israeli teams I've learned just how hard Frc is financially for you all. Especially if you wanted to do 2 events + worlds. Although... The jealousy is real.
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actually, as i see it now this change will make the financial side of frc even harder. the basic cost of KOP and 2 district event will rise to 40K and it won't include the cost of ordered products and for teams who qualify to the district championship (about 60% of the teams) another 12K.... the next season will probably cost 20K more then previous seasons for a qualifying team (about 4-5K dollars), and if this team will qualify to the FIRST championship they will have to arrange flghts, hotels, visas, food, transport, etc.. in 3.5 weeks. (without talking about the financial challange)
anyway this is a hugh improvement for the avarage israeli teams, who used to compete in 1 event each year, and now can compete in 2-3 events, with better chance to qualify to the FIRST championship.