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Originally Posted by Zflash
What exactly is being gambled here?
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This will be the first time that all of these changes will be coupled into a single season. While most of the items have been "tested" seperately, there are many old practises and new ideas being tried out simultaneously. As you can tell from some very vocal protesting, a national switch may have caused panic and many teams/volunteers to quit. Those are some of the gambles/risk of this new format.
The shipping vs. bagging the robot item probably could be spread to all teams in 2009. I was told that was how they used to do it in the past.
Low cost entry for 2 events relies on low cost events which relies on setting up district events which relies on district event planners and funding. This takes time and a lot of experience/planning. My recommendation would be for areas that don't have post season events to travel to one and/or plan on having one or two in 2009. Getting the local contacts for putting on such an event is a great way to get ready for a district style event.