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Re: FIRST Competition Entry Fee Increases for 2005
Tis true--you couldn't do this for the "first play" as they put it. It's just not good business sense to give to a group (even a FIRST team) to give teams thousands of dollars' worth of items without getting the cash first.
However, when you deal with additional regionals (including the championship), there is no tangible thing given to a team. If a team pulls out, you yank their sign off of the pole, take them out of the computer, and put in another team. Therefore, it is a financially safer thing to do at this stage, especially if you make a sizable chunk (a couple hundred dollars) non-refundable.
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