FRC Blogged - Frank Answers Fridays: October 4, 2013

[Taylor]

Allison - I think what he's suggesting is the VEX competition still be year-round, just having the championship in November/December instead of April. The number of events would remain unchanged, they'd just be shifted by five months. No loss in design, construction, or competition time.
I would prefer this type of calendar - our team uses VEX to 'set the hook' with our incoming rookies. They design and build robots to play the VRC game in the fall, then those robots lay dormant the next three months while FRC season goes on. If the championship was to be in late November/early December, then both robotics' seasons would make much more sense to the students.