okay people lets pretend for a moment that Dean Kamen didnt say that Life
ISN'T fair and that the competition
ISN'T fair, lets goto that magical place where money falls from the sky like water falls from a waterfall we will call this place, Make Believe Land, Now in Make Believe Land there is a FIRST team in ever hs in the US, i will say roughly 100,000 just for arguments sake and in Make Believe Land, ever team is allowed to goto nationals, but i hope that everyone is prepared for the 2month nationals, because thats about how long its gonna take, oh by the way in Make Believe land, FIRST will only be around for one year, because it will most like become bankrupt after that first national event
so i guess the point i am trying to make is its not Finacially Feasable for every team to goto nationals, why dont you ask your football coach, what he would have to do to make it to the nationals each year