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Re: Cost Containment
Posted by Greg Mills, Engineer on team #16, Baxter Bomb Squad, from Mountain Home and Baxter Healthcare.

Posted on 4/5/99 1:03 PM MST


In Reply to: Cost Containment posted by Chris on 4/5/99 11:57 AM MST:



: Some time in the near future, the size of FIRST is going to require teams to qualify before the Nationals. I think the question of limiting regionals will take care of itself. The Regionals will become a true 'regional competition'. Cost containment is a decision each team must now make. We might go to a class system that teams are placed according to money spent (honor system), but I don't think people with money should be prevented from spending it as they see fit.
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At the end of a post later in this board, I made mention of cost capping. I think that it may be lost in the shuffle so I'm making a post about this issue on its own.

: I've tried doing a lot of recruiting to get teams into FIRST, but what I hear time and time again is that the cost is too high. Some teams had to drop out for this reason. I know FIRST tries to make the competition a show so it catches people's attention. Creating a show atmosphere does raise the costs of the competition, though.

: This is a subject that is being talked about all over the place. Anyone in the auto industry knows about cost containment. This has been a huge issue in sports. The NBA lockout was because the owners needed cost containment or they couldn't afford to run teams anymore, the NFL instituted a salary cap, baseball has the luxury tax, the NCAA has limited scholarships, and racing has limited practice sessions (as I stated before).

: There are issues about reducing costs. If you reduce costs does this limit the educational value? Is lowering the educational value per student a good tradeoff for spreading the experience to more students? (i.e. what is better: more intensity for fewer students or less intensity for more students?) Afterall, lower costs will bring in more teams and help struggling teams stay alive.

: I would like to know what everyone's feeling is on cost containment. Should there be none? Should there be some? If so, how?

: I'm sure everyone is aware of my proposal (limiting regionals) and is sick of hearing about it. Does anyone else have any ideas?


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