Thread: Is competing at multiple regionals REALLY fair ?
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Re: Is competing at multiple regionals REALLY fair ?
I think the problem is more that there are teams that struggle just to make it to one regional and other can afford to go to as many as they want where ever they want.

If you look at teams that travel across the country, their robots are high machined and well built. This is because they have better resources than other teams, more machines, more material, and more money and time to prototype (time spent fundraising for other teams can be spent designing and making parts). So their bot are going to preform well because of the time and money put into them. Which means that at competitions they are going to win.

By stopping them from entering multiple regionals you may give more teams a chance but the best Robot want necessarily win. The fact remain the best Robots do win, mot at ever time, upsets are possible but in general...

Also keep in mind that these team didn't go to 2+ regionals then they would have an extra 15k to spend in entry fees a travel, (more in some cases). Are they going to donate this to other teams, maybe but more likely they are going to spend it to make their Robot better. Which means they are only going to increase their advantage over the rest of the field.