Thread: Is competing at multiple regionals REALLY fair ?
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Unread 07-01-2008, 01:01 PM
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Re: Is competing at multiple regionals REALLY fair ?
Our team has been around for 11 years. Since 2000 when we finally had enough money to go to 2 regionals a season we have attended an away regional and our home regional in Philadelphia. We did go to Nationals twice but we did not get picked up because our robots were not that good. We have won 3 regionals, 2 away and once in Philly. We are now on a roll winning two away regionals in 2006, 2007, and a were finalist in Philly last year. We never go to the same away regional twice so we have been to a lot of places, at great regionals, met great teams, and got to see many different solutions to the same problem. No one ever said please don't come to our regional. In fact they were all gracious and helpful.

We are not a public school so our students pay tuition. We get some sponsors but our students work hard to help raise the money to do this. If we go to an away regional the students pay for just their food, that is it.

What can anyone suggest is unfair?