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Originally Posted by David Brinza
I suspect that for some rookie teams, the local regional is the only viable option. If it happens to occur in Week 1, then that's when they compete. Getting the funding and logistics for traveling might not be practical for these teams in their first year.
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Not just rookies. Looking at FIRST's site, 964 has only been to two regionals once (Pittsburgh, 2003) and to Nationals twice (02, 04). It's a pain to get funding, support, and transportation for multiple regionals for some teams.