[thefro526]

I try to refrain from commenting on how to tell FIRST to do things but, I really sympathize with the international teams on this one.

This year, should they receive an extension? No, I don't feel that they should because there are a bunch of international teams that have received kits late..

But, onto next year and every year after, I feel like every step should be taken to get them their KOP on time. Perhaps, in each country where a large cluster of teams is present (Brazil and Israel come to mind) there is a person who is in charge of the KOP's for the team in that country and is not allowed to ship them out or let teams pick them up until the day of Kick-off. This should, in theory, keep the delays to a minimum since the Kits would already be in the country.

In countries where there are single teams or a few teams, perhaps each team could have their kit shipped to them 2 weeks early with some sort of system like the "Bag and Tag system" or what have you...

I know it's not a perfect solution, but just a suggestion.