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... teams deserve recognition for their accomplishments, I don't think it should be at the expense of a team going to nationals ...
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For those that subscribe to this position, does it apply to being a regional winner as well? Once a team wins a regional, should they recuse themselves from the finals of any other regional, because they shouldn't be able to win twice?
Let's face it, the only award this really applies to is the Rookie All-Star, because that is the primary way rookies get to Atlanta. Sure, they can win the regional - it has happened - and they might get EI. But there are 33 special spots for rookie teams to get their invite to Atlanta, and it certainly would be GP to ask the judges not to consider you in that award if you've already won it. But it wouldn't necessarily be anti-GP if the team doesn't recuse themselves.
Any non-rookie team can get to Atlanta simply by registering and paying. It wasn't always that way, but for the last two years registration has been open to Tier 1 and it didn't fill up.