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Originally Posted by Gabriel
Yes, but presumably they could solve those problems by scheduling the competitions later or start the season earlier or something. Maybe they could give rookie teams an extra week or two and convince FedEx to ship just rookie boxes at a higher priority - there are plenty of ways to do it. I'm just curious where the six week figure came from and why it was chosen.
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I think you hit the right answer without knowing it.
The truth is, it is very hard to push the competitions later, or start the season earlier.
Consider this: There is Christmas and new year before January, so you can't really start the season earlier. Anytime during the fall is when the teams first meet to get organized and adapt to the new schedule. Then there is AP testing coming very soon after Championship event, so it is impossible to push the competition date to any later.
Think about it from another angle. We started the build period on 1/10, and we now have ship date on 2/26. That is actually closer to 7 week build period than 6. That should be plenty of time to build a robot, get it tested and get driver practice.