[Adam Richards]

I highly doubt many teams have the funding to do exactly what they want every year, since I'm pretty sure every team who had the chance would go to 3 regionals, championships, and every offseason in a 1000 mile radius.

My team has personally had fundraising amounts to sufficiently meet one regional fee each year, but due to our sponsor for the past two seasons (2005/2006), we've been able to get all the money needed to build the robot past the $6000 entry fee easily.