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Not too sure about that one.......
Hmmm..... I don't think that Disney is testing FIRST or putting the screws on them or anything of that sort. They like having FIRST around and wouldn't want to damage that relationship. I don't think you guys realize how much they are of a sponsor as well as a host. FIRST isn't a real cash crop for them. In fact, we test their resources as is. Think about this - suppose we have 30,000 (a pretty conservative guess) people at nationals but split up the divisions to the different parks. Now tell me for the finals how exactly are you going to get all that many people to the stage to watch? And how are you going to decide which division gets to compete on the big stage?
When you get into groups as large as FIRST is, logistics get to be VERY complicated. It also tends to be an exponential problem too - with twice as many people they are four times as hard to deal with. Disney's hurting already, they're just trying to control the damage.
~Tom~
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