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Originally Posted by efoote868

oh, high school students only stick around for 4ish years, so the "powerhouse teams" are really just the mentors

This would be the killer to any kind of handicap system, to me at least. If you're going to tell me I'm going to be penalized because last year's group of kids did really well (and since our team tends to have a rather large student and teacher turnover every year or 2, we wouldn't have any of the "same resources"), I would personally not want to compete that year.

We all know the competitions are not about winning it. There is, what, three awards based on competitions results? How many are there that aren't? I'm personally very happy to get ANY kind of award, so I don't see a reason for making the "victory" award any easier to get. If I win it yet I didn't have to perform nearly as well as *insert-really-good-team-here*, I wouldn't feel like I've earned it much.