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Originally Posted by EricH
Disadvantages there... Non-MI teams get MORE than 8 hours of shared shop/field/venue time. Practice day starts before 9:00 AM and ends at 8:00 PM.
The advantage could go either way in that case.
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It's an advantage and a disadvantage.
It's going to make the rich richer, and the poor poorer.
254 would gladly take 8 hours at home vs 12 at the event. We are fortunate enough to have access to mills, lathes, a CNC, etc. We could do WAY more at home than at the event.
The inverse is true of the teams that need the practice day the most-they don't have a huge shop to work at. They're lucky to even get a broom closet at their school. At the event they would have 12 hours to work with other teams who can help them, as well as the regional's machine shop.
At home they'll have nothing, plus nobody to help prep them for inspection throughout the day. That's what concerns me.