[Collin Fultz]

Is there any plan for regionals to add more (and better) seating as a result of this homework assignment. Once the elimination tournament starts and teams send most of their pit crews to the field, it tends to get a little tight in the stands. I'd hate to pledge to bring 25 new people to an FRC event, tell them to come around 1 on Saturday because that's when the most exciting part of the day starts, then have them show up only to find they couldn't find a place to sit.

If we're going to make a concerted effort to get new people to the event, we need to make just a large of an effort to keep them there, especially if they're driving for a few hours to come. We need to work on being inclusive of "outsiders". The scoring this year helps with that (when I tell people the game is like soccer and show them a picture of the robot, they "get it" pretty quickly). But, as fans, referees, teams, and, especially, MC's and Game Announcers, we need to make sure they can understand the experience without having to have them ask a random stranger to explain what the heck is going on.

I love the plan and plan on telling anybody that will listen to come up to beautiful West Lafayette, I just hope they can find seats and enjoy themselves when they get there.