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Originally Posted by Paul Copioli
There it is. Now, how many of you would actually ask to participate if it was open to you?
Paul
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For our school, yes, we would participate. We tried to talk our school into starting a FRC team this year and they were close to letting us start a team, but the vice principal told us no because 6-10,000 dollars was too expensive to justify for a single event on one weekend - he told us to look into cheaper competitions where we could play more. If we could have two events to play in for half the price, then I think they would let us play. So yes, we'd love to have the option the Michigan schools have this year and would take your offer. Seems like only Michigan schools get to save all the money this year, which doesn't do a lot of my friends any good who are seniors and wanted to play this year.
I don't think people are whining who think this seems unfair. I'm sure many Michigan teams would be saying this is unfair if the schools in Florida or California were getting such a discount and advantage. If it helped schools in Florida even it was unfair to all others, I'm sure I'd be supporting it and saying its a great idea or "just give it a try, it's a just a pilot". Guess it all depends on what state you go to school in.