[ColleenShaver]

Being from New England... there are plenty of off-season competitions, but I'd never say too many. Maybe this is a good time/place to bring up the value of these off-season competitions to teams. We typically hit up 6+ off-season events in a year, most within 2 hours, maybe a couple a bit further away. For $100-300 you can get a full day (or two) of matches, a really fun and relaxed atmosphere and a great learning experience and opportunity for students on the team. We sign up for any off-season that any of the kids want to go to.. even if it's just 2-3 HS kids that are interested. For many of them, it's an opportunity to practice driving if they weren't selected as drivers in the regular season, or a chance to get more involved in the pit and learn where they weren't as confident during the regular season. Not only that, for the thousands of dollars teams spend on these robots, you've got to play them hard and lots to get its worth..

So I agree, the sky's the limit! It's sad to see more teams not taking advantage of all the off-season opportunities available to them. There are some many great events out there. We made the choice a couple years ago that instead of adding one more regular season event to our roster, we could add several off-season within varying distances and it would be much more rewarding.

Too many off-seasons, never. Too few teams at them, always!