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If it will enable more teams to attend ...
Posted by Frank Toussaint at 04/10/2001 1:10 PM EST
Engineer on team #111, Wildstang, from Wheeling and Rolling Meadows and Motorola . In Reply to: Re: The size of Nationals in a few years! Posted by ChrisH on 04/10/2001 10:51 AM EST: If it will enable more teams to attend the Nationals next year, I volunteer to go down there three or four days early and help build the fields, set up the pits, sweep the floors; whatever I can do to help. : : Eventually the regionals WILL become qualifiers for : : nationals. I know, it sad to think about, but if FIRST : : continues to grow at it's current rate there is barely : : a possibility to be able to support 2000+ teams : : financially and with space in the pits. As FIRST grows : : it will become increasingly harder to book hotels and : : flights. Eventually I believe not every team will be : : able to enjoy Epcot and the magic of Disney in the : : future (5-10 years). I think that creating Divisions : : was the first step in creating qualifiers. Just my opinion. : This is an issue that FIRST is already struggling with. They mentioned it at the 2000 kick-off. That they were trying to figure out what to do, and they hadn't even gotten to the point of closing the Nationals yet. : Part of the reason is that Disney still wants to support other guests. Imagine shutting down your business during peak season so you could serve a single customer. Not good business sense. : If FIRST continues to grow, I think that eventually they will have to move to a system like that used in college athletics, and then to one like high schools use. The areas a given competition can draw from will be limited. : This will of course limit the diversity of the competition. But that may be the price for success. On the other hand, maybe some creative person will come up with a unique system that works for our unique needs. : Start thinking now, we'll need a solution all too quickly. If you come up with anything TELL SOMEBODY!!! : Chris Husmann, PE : Team 330 the Beach'Bots |
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