14-10-2016, 09:36
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no bag, vex only, final destination
AKA: Pinecone
 FRC #0228 (GUS Robotics); FRC #2170 (Titanium Tomahawks) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Glastonbury, CT
Posts: 7,601
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Re: Quitting FRC for Vex?
It is totally a reasonable option for those teams to do Vex in 2017, and then return to FRC when the local regional pops up again. No harm in a gap year like that. I think I would make some attempt to sell them on the idea of a scaled back FRC season for the year, and if they don't bite, focus on getting them to actively plan to return to FRC in 2018 by fundraising, training, etc. during the Vex year. Maybe they can do just 2017 FRC offseasons this year if MN has enough of those.
There is some danger in burning out teams by having them stick to FRC when they don't really have the money or resources to do so. They can decide it's too much work, or it isn't worth it, if they aren't going into the competition with the right resources and they burn too much of their energy and money into surviving when they could have taken a gap year.
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