Its great that everybody likes the idea of having these off season competitions but I can tell you from experience that they are not a simple affair to put together. After three years of running Brunswick Eruption we have yet to attract more than 25 or so teams who want to play. And that is with the cheapest enrollment cost in the area.
Each year we have a team of 20-30 adults behind the scenes operating things with the entire membership of Raider Robotix and numerous friends of the team working at the event. Planning has already begun for next fall's event.
We have been very fortunate to have the support of Mike Wade and Pete Baltzell over the past few years and their NASA field has been the answer to our prayers. But I can't imagine them adding more and more events to their already busy schedule. So any event would probably rely on a FIRST field- an expensive proposition.
Could the region support yet another off season? A super event? Unlikely based on what I've seen. Rolling several events into one is even less likely since these events are major fund raising projects for the teams involved and it would be foolish to just drop them as such.
We've ( the big K and the rest of us) have been talking about a spring rotating event since there is no NJ event at that time of year.. Maybe that is the way to go?
WC
