Somebody has way too much time on their hands....
Instead of trying to bill veteran teams for the kits for rookie teams how about having FIRST offer free registration for rookies and reduced registration for teams that are reasonable mentors? I can't see a team scraping and working all year to be left with nothing for their own registration while their rookie proteges play free. That is pretty unrealistic.
For this off season and the next 6 events our team is refitting our older robots to play Triple Play and loaning them to pre-rookies of at least three schools. They get to play for free or a near free cost. We learned this from Baldwin HS who did it last year at our BE event with great success. Other teams in our region are doing this too for the off season and we have a regional development program for new teams (RINOS) in place and working. Any team attending BE with a pre-rookie protege in tow will get in for a much reduced cost and the new guys for free.
No gimmick needed- just planning and hard work. (Thats the breakdown for most)
Before I assign homework to my classes I need to a do a lot of lesson planning and more instruction on how to proceed. Sounds like this homework assignment could use a bit more planning too.
WC
