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I sat back and read this gibberish long enough...In the words of Popeye,"I've had all I can stand..." if your team can't afford to go to more than one regional...maybe you need to look at how the team is ran.

If you need help fund raising... speak up, there plenty here willing to offer ideas and ect.
Need more sponsors... get them. Why you think race cars have all them stickers on them.
Yes some teams have been blessed with sponsors with deep pockets... and some have whole machine shops at their beck n call.

If you look you'll see these powerhouse teams do spread their wealth,be it by forming other teams or mentoring to others. They too were small and poor once. With a lot of hard work, and yes a little luck they have grown to where they are now. Even with golden spoons the kids on these team work hard... why should they be held back cause a smaller poorer team fells left out.
A lot of teams build two robots... should that be not allowed too?

I bet I could give a rookie team a blank check and a full machine shop and they still won't win champs. Winning on Einstein take experience, team work, and luck. It takes time for a team to develop the winning elements

A violin player once ask a man how you get to Carnegie Hall, the man said, thats easy... practice, practice, practice.