Basketball Traditions at FIRST Events

[Duke461]

Originally Posted by nukemknight

I think FIRST will frown on cutting the nets. I know the nets only cost $5 but if the winning alliance cuts off 3 nets at every event, thats over $1000 in replacement nets.

That's only 1/5 of what one robot at one competition pays to get in.

51 events
~45 robots per event
51*45 = ~2295 registered robots total (including multi-event robots)
2295*$5000= $11,475,000 total registration cost
$1000 for nets/$11,475,000 *100 (for %) total registration cost means:
Replacing the nets is roughly 0.087% of the total cost of robots attending competitions.

As for time, can you, being someone who volunteered to work hard for 2 days straight, not take another 10 minutes to fix the nets, so that the winning teams can enjoy a priceless experience, and be able to take another tangible piece of their victory home?


All this being said, I'd say why not?
-duke

P.S. If Nate Laverdure's calculations are correct, make that 0.0036%