Why do we bother bagging?

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Oblarg

I think the point is you're not guaranteed access to money and sponsors simply by dint of hard work. It'd be pretty naive to deny the roles of socioeconomic status of team members and luck in determining team resources.

I can agree with that and I don't deny it (much of my undergrad work involves studies in this), but implying that it is as easy as just asking parents to drop in money is also naive. Also, teams shouldn't be raising money during build season anyway. If that is a problem, they should raise money all year.

I guess I'm pretty biased on this issue, but my anecdotal evidence comes from helping teams from Philly, Trenton, Newark, Texas, Cali, Louisiana, Oklahoma, etc. all teams who thought they were in too tough of a place to raise money or find resources. It takes a long time and a lot of baby steps to create change. I think too many teams aim for too much too quickly and get disappointed when they can't acheive their goals.