FRC Blogged - 2013 FIRST Championship Registration and Request for Proposals for 2013

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Tyler Olds

I understand that competition at the championship is important, but there is nothing preventing you and your team from attending and more importantly volunteering at championships. It gives you a whole new perspective and is still a ton of fun. I know my old team (93) did this last year and it was a very enjoyable experience for them.

This is absolutely correct. We had people come with us and 1218 this year from teams who have never been to CMP and didn't qualify this year.

Teams are always very accommodating if you ask them early enough. There's no reason why not qualifying should mean not experiencing the inspiration that comes from being at Championship, regardless of whether you compete there or not.