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This is ALL pure speculation, but....
After a brief glance at the Meeting Company website, it seems the hotel payment cutoff dates for the regional competitions are, on average, about three weeks before the actual competition dates. If we assume the same holds true for the Championship, then...... the average cutoff date of 3/17/03 listed for the Championship Event hotels in Houston would place the actual date of the competition on or around...... 4/10/03 But this brings up another, perhaps more important issue - the cutoff dates listed are all before the last two weeks of regionals take place! If these dates are valid (maybe they are for the 4/3 Lone Star Regional and the Championship cutoffs have yet to be posted...), and the current qualification system remains intact, wouldn't this make it rather difficult/impossible for teams who qualified for the championship during the last two weeks to find accomodations via the FIRST-sanctioned provider? This brings up the biggest question I have of all...... Given the point I made above, the apparent massive size of the Reliant complex, the proximity of the rumored 4/10 Championship date to the date of the last regional week, and the length of time it's taking FIRST to make an official announcement........ Could they be planning to do away with qualifying entirely and open up the Championship Event enrollment to EVERYONE this year? I know that many of the odd-numbered teams who were shut out last year might be initially upset if this were to happen, but I think after they realize that A.) they'll still be going this year, and B.) more teams = bigger event = more people = more positive exposure for the FIRST program, I think they just might be receptive to the idea. But who knows what will happen? I certainly don't. We'll all just have to wait and see. Last edited by Travis Hoffman : 04-12-2002 at 17:08. |
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