FRC Blogged - Share your FIRST Story, and *Preliminary* Championship Match Schedules

[Racer26]

All those crying that its too much time off work/school, what about that other day, currently AFTER the event? I never understood FIRSTs aversion to playing on Sundays, when it would make it so much less stressful on the teams.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Racer26

All those crying that its too much time off work/school, what about that other day, currently AFTER the event? I never understood FIRSTs aversion to playing on Sundays, when it would make it so much less stressful on the teams.

Sunday is getaway day.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Sunday is getaway day.

Students, mentors, and volunteers all need Sunday to recover/travel.


There need to be fewer teams or more divisions like at VRC World Championship.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Students, mentors, and volunteers all need Sunday to recover/travel.


There need to be fewer teams or more divisions like at VRC World Championship.

The size difference of the fields for FRc and Vex are significant. You can't compare the two.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

The size difference of the fields for FRc and Vex are significant. You can't compare the two.

This is obvious, I stated both to show which option is easier to execute. Cutting down number of teams vs increasing number of fields. One is easy to change.

[Chris Hibner]

Originally Posted by Racer26

All those crying that its too much time off work/school, what about that other day, currently AFTER the event? I never understood FIRSTs aversion to playing on Sundays, when it would make it so much less stressful on the teams.

From this comment am I correct in assuming that your employer gives you time off for the events? My employer does not, so any extra days creates problems for me. Playing on Sunday would most likely require an extra day off travel for most people.

[Jaxom]

Originally Posted by Racer26

All tho. If crying that its too much time off work/school, what about that other day, currently AFTER the event? I never understood FIRSTs aversion to playing on Sundays, when it would make it so much less stressful on the teams.

Don't you have to travel home? It's actually better for a lot of jobs to take time off in a block, so travelling on Monday might even be worse than starting the event earlier in the week. Plus there's recovery time, especially for us older folks.

[Racer26]

My comment was partly aimed at the regionals too though.

My employer does NOT give me all the time off work; I wish. I have successfully convinced him that it is a worthwhile investment for him to give me two days (one regional) off to volunteer.

Living in a region with 5 easily accessible, and a couple more less easily accessible events (NYRO, ONTO, QCMO, ONWA, ONTO2, MICMP), I would love to be able to watch more of the events. If they were Fri/Sat/Sun instead of Thu/Fri/Sat, I'd be able to watch the important parts (and be with my teams) without needing to take extra days off work.

It might not be the solution for CMP, due to the excessive distance for many teams making the travel/recovery day necessary, but I think it would be good for the regionals. Seems like they're starting to try it with some events (CVR and some of the districts this year)