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Unread 22-10-2001, 19:54
Jay Lundy Jay Lundy is offline
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Originally posted by Mike Norton
I am wondering why they posted this. If all the regional are full with a waiting list. How on earth are they going to put more teams in. Or are they just trying to over fill to get more money? If a team can not go to a regional why build a robot? and once again why should a rookie team get in before a old team. I can see if they are in another regional. I am staying if a team has not got into a regional yet and is on the waiting list why should that team take a back seat to a rookie team.
Like Jeff said, the only explanation can be that they are reserving spots for the rookies so they have a chance to register for a regional or two. Maybe FIRST even expected teams to register for more regionals than they used to because of the restrictions on the championship and so they did this to make sure rookie teams could get spots. Makes sense to me, FIRST realzed their growth rate could be stunted by teams over-registering and they did something to help the rookies. Who knows, there could even be rookie-friendly rules in this year's competition.

We'll just have to wait and see. There's another month and a half before registration ends, and I'm sure FIRST is not getting as much credit as they deserve.

Oh, BTW, I voted yes on the poll. I also think anything over 3 regionals is pushing it. Our team is going to 2 regionals and nationals.

Last edited by Jay Lundy : 22-10-2001 at 19:56.