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Unread 27-03-2005, 17:21
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Re: The finals in Philly: A 293 team member's perspective

I've reread this post a few times, and it seems incredibly similar to a lot of other posts that I have seen from other regionals. There were MANY teams that went through the same predicament. Including at Buckeye. In many of our eyes, 229/135/1403 should not have just a silver medal...

However, what I dont get is all of these teams complaining that they lost out on the opportunity to go to Nationals... the only teams that have this right are the rookie teams... spots were open for EVERY team this year. Every single team could have registered. It was open all the way through Tier 1. If I remember right, there was even a spot or two open when they closed registration. I know a lot of teams have a hard time getting funding... but where there is a will there is a way. Register, and cancel out if you cant make the money.

So I am sorry for your loss, and I tend to agree with the strangeness of some of the calls, but Nationals was tangible for every team without a 15 in front of the last two numbers of their team number.
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