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Originally Posted by DonShaw
We all heard more plays per dollar by going to district and I did not see that come about, for many teams the chance to qualify for Worlds is higher. I would like to see some other teams show there cost per play from last year.
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Hello I represent a regional team (179) who would like to compare our cost to attend and event vs your teams (1261) cost to attend an event strictly in terms of the cost of the event not counting travel cost as FIRST/Whatever governing body has control over how much it costs us to go to an event but not how much it costs to get and stay there. That sounded much better in my head but moving on lets compare shall we!
Event 1: Palmetto Regional vs PCH District - Columbus Event
179 Cost: $5,000
1261 Cost: $5,000
179 Number of Matches: 15 (9 Qualifying + 7 Eliminations)
1261 Number of Matches: 16 (12 Qualifying + 4 Eliminations)
179 Cost Per Match at Event:
$333.34 ($555.56 per Guaranteed Match)
1261 Cost Per Match at Event:
$312.50 ($416.67 per Guaranteed Match)
Event 2: Rocket City Regional vs PCH District - Albany Event
179 Cost: $4,000
1261 Cost: $0
179 Number of Matches: 16 (10 Qualifying + 6 Eliminations)
1261 Number of Matches: 18 (12 Qualifying + 6 Eliminations)
179 Cost Per Match at Event:
$250 ($400 per Guaranteed Match)
1261 Cost Per Match at Event:
$0 ($0 per Guaranteed Match)
179 Total Cost For First 2 Events:
$9,000. $290.33 Per Match. $500 Per Guaranteed Match
1261 Cost For First 2 Events:
$5,000. $147.06 Per Match. $208.34 Per Guaranteed Match
So after our first two events this is how we compare cost analysis wise. This is why districts save teams money. Looking at what every team is guaranteed specifically regardless of robot quality you are at a greater than 50% discount from my team after our first two events.
But both our teams decided to do more than just 2 qualifying events so lets look at our third events to see our cost analysis there.
Event 3: South Florida Regional vs PCH District - Kennesaw Event
179 Cost: $4,000
1261 Cost: $1,000
179 Number of Matches: 18 (9 Qualifying + 9 Eliminations)
1261 Number of Matches: 19 (12 Qualifying + 7 Eliminations)
179 Cost Per Match at Event:
$222.23 ($444.45 per Guaranteed Match)
1261 Cost Per Match at Event:
$52.64 ($83.34 per Guaranteed Match)
So your third event costs 1/4th what mine did, and shows by being less than 1/4th of the cost per match because you get more matches.
Looking at the season after your third event the totals come to:
179 Total Cost For First 3 Events:
$13,000. $265.31 Per Match. $464.29 Per Guaranteed Match
1261 Cost For First 3 Events:
$6,000. $113.21 Per Match. $166.67 Per Guaranteed Match
So after all of our comparable events you are spending less than half of the amount of money. But to be far before we get to championships you did have one more event.
Event 4: Peachtree District State Championship
1261 Cost: $4,000
1261 Number of Matches: 18 (12 Qualifying + 6 Eliminations)
1261 Cost Per Match at Event:
$222.23 ($333.34 per Guaranteed Match)
So lets compare the entire season leading up to Championship:
179
Total Events: 3
Total Cost: $13,000
Average Cost Per Event: $4,333.34
Average Cost Per Match: $265.31
Average Cost of Guaranteed Match: $464.29
1261
Total Events: 4
Total Cost: $10,000
Average Cost Per Event: $2.500
Average Cost Per Match: $140.85
Average Cost of Guaranteed Match: $208.34
So your team was able to attend more events, for less money, had more matches per event, and just for fun it appears that based on Distance and time from the location of your school to the events you only needed to stay over night for your first two events, and with those events being districts that is two nights in hotels total. My team also had to do an overnight travel for two of our events, but since we are regional team, and our distance was quite a bit further (1261 Travel Distance/Time: 172.5 Miles or 3 hours average distance. 179 Travel Distance/Time: 703 Miles or 11.5 hours average distance) we had to stay a total of 8 nights. So assuming that the cost of hotels wasn't drastically different our cost for travel was roughly 8 times greater per person.
I am sorry if this is coming off as an attack but I just don't think you realize how much of a great deal switching to a district is, and how much more effort a team not in a district has to put in to be able to compete at 3 events.