Limit team $

[EricLeifermann]

Originally Posted by SciBorg Dave

To balance the playing field for all team what do you think of a limit of say $50,000 to run a team. This would keep all teams working hard to keep within the limit ( what ever it set at). I find that there is a big difference rural teams who struggle to raise $10,000 for the season and urban teams that have better sources to raise funds ( I know some who raise $100,000) for the season.

Why limit teams who work hard for the $ they raise? Also this would be pretty impossible to track and enforce.

If you feel that your team is at a disadvantage because Team XXXX has more $, go and ask them how they worked for that $ and then work as hard as you can to get to their level fundraising wise.

Teams with more $ aren't (typically) better because they have more $ they are better because they go out and work hard all year round to get that $ and they work even harder during the build season to use that money in effective ways to build good robots.