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Originally Posted by Sgraff_SRHS06
Be lucky that you guys have the money. I know that there are many teams that don't, and others that fold soon after they go to Atlanta (namely 53) because it can be such a financial problem. (We had the money this year, but we had to cover for 888, 1629, and others at the Historic Electronics Museum, and Das Goat (165) has not been willing to do it yet.) To make it easier, someone should subsidize the championship and/or make it 100% free for regional winners, rookie inspiration, rookie all-star, chairman's winners, and engineering inspiration winners to go.
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And where would FIRST get the money to do that. Based on rough calculations, putting the price of Nationals at 6k/team, and 7 awards/regional x 33 regionals, that's an estimated cost of..$1,386,000.
Just doesn't seem practical to me. Maybe have like "scholarship" type awards or grants to subsidze costs for some teams..but for all of them..doesn't make sense to me.
