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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
ed. If we were to spread out the regionals, there would be less expense on the playing field shipping since there would be less needed and there would be less of a burnout factor on the FIRST and IFI staffs if they didn't need to be on the road constantly.
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There would be more costs for shipping the fields if they went to more events. There would also be more events for staff to attend. There is also the issue with volunteers. Some events have great difficulty in providing volunteers as it is. Key positions would also prove harder to fill with more events.
I still feel that the "real world" feel to
FIRST is what makes it so special. Everyone have the same challenge and the same time frame to complete. For those that don't like it, well, think of schools that have exams and you can write them whenever you want. You can watch others write theirs and see what their answers are before you write your exam. Lets have a race. you go first and I will go when I want and use what ever mode I wish. We will see who wins.
Right now everyone works to the same deadline with basically the same resources. Some have more money and some have less. Some have professional engineers and some have none. Teams are still competing and some have better robots than others. I will say though that
some of those with less money and/or less engineers learn more than
some those that have everything given to them. We have a great program with built in limitations. If some teams want to spend more time with a second robot then let them. I have a better idea, ban second (or practice) robots. That could save a lot of money that could be used to help other teams.