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4.9.7.Consecutive Weekends
You cannot use the FedEx complimentary shipment donation for back-to-back events.
The shipping cost for back-to-back events is extremely costly. Compare shipping a small
package to a location at a “ground” rate, and the cost of sending it overnight. Use this same
scenario to compare freight shipping rates for a 3 or 4-day freight shipment to an overnight or
airfreight shipment. The difference can be staggering!
FIRST discourages teams from competing in events on consecutive weekends if they are
more than 1,000 miles apart. To have your robot ship and arrive at the next event on time,
make arrangements with Shepard Exposition Services Logistics early to help ensure timely
arrival. This is your only option.
Contact your event’s Drayage Company(s) well before both competitions to see if it can/will
ensure a timely shipment and extend the Monday crate arrival deadline for your team.

Hope this helps a little Joey looks like extra cost for shipping too...