[richardp]

It seems to me that this award is not as east as repeating last year so anyone to win multiple years deserves credit. If a team wins multiple years in a row then great for them if they win a regional multiple years in a row then they still have things to fix and make better since they didn't win the national award. They should continue to work harder because they just set them selfs up to the national level and should try to make the most of it. Any team resting on their laurels will be knocked down sooner or later by another team that is showing to the judges how they are year after year spreading the FIRST message. Just because a team has a great year or two does not make them a contender for the award. Also some teams are required to summit the award for funding (NASA Teams) and if they have won a regional they should not just quite since they already have to summit. If they are gonna submit they might as well put the effort into it.