Sippin' on the haterade

[Bongle]

It just seems rather unfair to me (and un-inspiring for students not lucky enough to live those areas) that they have an instant advantage at the start.

Real-world engineering example:
It's 'unfair' to many companies in the consumer electronics sector that when Apple announces mundane spec-bump revisions of their products (iPhone 3GS, 4S, iPad 2, textbook program for iPad) that it is front-page news, but when the non-Apple companies announce interesting revisions of their own products, nobody cares. However, that's how the real world works. Some people or organizations have built-in advantages that you'll have to overcome.

The teams with supportive school boards (I'm not actually aware of any powerhouse teams funded entirely from their school boards) have an advantage, and you've got to overcome it. That's bad luck, but you have to deal with it.