[Jeremy Roberts]

Originally posted by LSevcik
I think all of the ideas you guys have come up with are great. In order to implement them, its going to take 10's of 1,000's of dollars. The bottom line to making a championship great is money. Unfortunately, with today's economy it makes it rather difficult to have a highly entertaining event unless you have someone who is willing to write a check for a large amount.

In defense of Houston, we had all of these great ideas as well on making the championship a great event. The problem we ran into is money and lack of time. I know Houston wasn't Epcot but I think for the short amount of time given the crew did a good job. My best to you in Atlanta. I hope you have more success than we did making it a spectular event. It's hard to fundraiser major dollars when you have a regional and a championship in the same city.

Yes, money is always the issue and the time to obtain it and prepare. Unfortunatly last year Houston was lacking in the time. They did a good job with what they had to work with. I am happy to say though that there is a great team working on both the Regionals and Championship here in Atlanta. Hopefully with the advanced notice a lack of funding will not be an issue.