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Unread 04-11-2003, 18:00
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Originally posted by dlavery
You guys have it all backward.

This whole thread started with an incorrect assumption about the need to win at a regional to get to the Championships, and a derived need for more events to allow more "winners." While the logic is wrong, the conclusion - there should be more competition events - is correct. But this must be combined with the oft-heard refrain from the teams and sponsors that "the competitions are too expensive!" Put these two together, and you end up with just one result. We have to make more INEXPENSIVE events available. Mini-Regionals are the way to go; Mega-Regionals are monolithic money-pits that we and FIRST cannot afford.

-dave
Dave,
I can see where you could get the impression that I was saying that we need more regionals in order to get more winners into the Championship. But that was not my intent. I was trying to point out that given the rules FIRST has now, it encourages teams to go to as many regionals as possible to increase their chances of winning and getting in.

Anyway, I agree with your solution, which may also help make my prediction wrong about "How big FIRST will ever get".

Can you elaborate on your vision for these mini-regionals and their relationship to the regular regionals? Do you need to do well in the mini regionals in order to get into the regular ones? Or would they just be practice-like in preparation for the only regular regional you are allowed to attend?

Raul
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