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Originally Posted by Bluman56
Only problem is that the MAJORITY (I'd say close to 80%) of NYC teams are critically underfunded with many depending on NYCFirst being able to pay for their registration. So in essence, the committee has to figure out how to balance 48 strictly NYC teams with upstate and out of state teams. Once they start excluding NYC teams, those teams are done for the season, no competition, no robot. They can't go to LI because they either have not enough money for Registration or the commute is too expensive (NYC schools are extremely strict with how long and how far students can go on trips during school days). Forget HVR for the majority of NYC teams because that's both too far and requires lodging.
Sure I agree NYCFirst does magnificent work, but there are teams in NYC that are so critically underfunded that they need to ask the genie for more than 3 wishes, and this time around the genie (NYCFirst) might not be able to accommodate. Seems only time will tell at this point.
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NYC needs more than one event at this point. I don't know what high schools might be able to hold one, or what other venue options are available that can hold minimum like 32 teams, but there has to be more than one event in future years in NYC. Here's hoping teams can weather the storm this year and NYFIRST gets teams that need funding/transportation/registration for a specific event what they need.