[nobrakes8]

With the amount of money it costs, I wish FIRST would include two regionals with their registration fee. Like this year it cost $6,000 to register for the KOP and 1 regional, I bet a lot of people would rather pay $8,000 for the KOP and 2 regionals, then $4,000 for every regional after those.

Obviosuly it's expensive to run these events, but you need to wonder how much money FIRST is really going to lose by offering a 2 regional package to every team. Plus this year several regionals had open spots, I'm sure FIRST would rather gain $2,000 on those open spots than have them remain empty. A lot teams that attened 2 regionals this year, would maybe attend three next year and I'm sure moneywise it might balance and work out.

(When I say FIRST gains money, I don't mean make a profit because FIRST is legit organization that puts the money back into the students and the compeition)