Poor Dean's Homework 2013 Turnout

[PayneTrain]

I think extending the deadline until a week before Christmas could be beneficial. Teams likely to do this are in high gear right now, they can use some footage to tie into their RCA video, and a lot of events teams do happened around this original deadline or after it.

Tying in a video requirement to the RCA submission on top of the RCA video (which isn't even judged) isn't the solution, but I think if FIRST came out, asked for more submissions, and gave teams some more time, they could double or nearly triple the submissions.

I hope FIRST/Dean will offer up the homework at kickoff this year. It's important to realize the circumstances surrounding the homework/make it loud call to action took place under very unique and personal circumstances in the first place, so the unique timing of the announcement may be just that.