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nick reynolds nick reynolds is offline
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Did I miss some thing..... Dont you have to pay to go to the Nationals??? Isnt there a $4000 registration fee for the Nationals. now there were 350 teams last year so thats $1.4000.000.
I personaly paid for my family to go to Disney and the stay at the Disney All Star Sports including Hotel room was $1760.00 each. The cost of drinks and food that we had to buy on site because we were so far from any stores is nothing short of a "stick up". The food was the same every night and wasnt that great especialy for the price. My wife was made very sick at one of the restraunts when the chef put Horseradish ( Not on menue) on her plate and the waitress said it was coleslaw, Then while she was in the bathroom being sick they threw out her food. $31.00 worth.
Our team had about 38 people and the cost as said before is about $1760 this includes the air fare. the air fare is about $400.00 so multiply 38 x 1360 = thats over $50,000. now multiply that by all the teams, x350. WOW and we are a small team.
Doesnt F.I.R.S.T. get sponsors to help defer the cost of the nationals, and wouldnt this lower the overall cost. Yep Disney is really hard up and needs that offset $75.00
There should be some compassion for the teams that are struggling $$$. A few years ago there was a team that was so hard up that the couldnt afford to ship their robot home so they took it apart and put it in all their luggage, like to see that happen today. Not every team has unlimited funds and has great sponsors, shouldnt they be rewarded for getting to Florida and not punished.
And lastly, what about the teams that are from Orlando or close enough to commute do they have to pay the $75.00 because they dont stay at the Disney Hotels???.
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