Registration 2013

[Doug G]

Originally Posted by OZ_341

Another issue with a Super Regional concept is that teams will find out very late in the season that they qualify.
I know this still happens now for late qualifying teams at Week 6 & 7 events, but not for every team. Imagine 200 or so teams struggling to find registration money, make travel arrangements and notifying school boards at the end of Week 7, just 10 days before they have to travel out of state.

This problem was reality last year, for late qualifying MAR teams and would have to be solved before we scale it up for 240 teams.

This is normal for high school athletics who find out at the end of their season they qualify to go to state championships...

I do think the current timeline for FIRST will have to change... Maybe Championships in June after school gets out? As it is now, many of my team members won't go to the CMP (if we make it there), simply because AP testing is so close.