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Why do team's fold?

View Poll Results: Why do teams fold
Lack of Teacher(s)	42	27.81%
Loss of Teacher(s)	76	50.33%
Lack of Mentor(s)	56	37.09%
Loss of Mentor(s)	85	56.29%
Lack of Funding	72	47.68%
Loss of funding	70	46.36%
Lack of School support	59	39.07%
Loss of school support	45	29.80%
Lack of space	31	20.53%
Loss of space	38	25.17%
Lack of outside sponsor(s)	44	29.14%
Loss of ouside sponsor(s)	42	27.81%
Injury	8	5.30%
Lack of support from Pricipal	31	20.53%
Loss of support from Princpal	24	15.89%
Issue with volunteer	9	5.96%
Lack of students	47	31.13%
Loss of students	44	29.14%
Issue with student	9	5.96%
Financial issue	62	41.06%
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15-11-2015, 01:41

GeeTwo

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AKA: Gus Michel II

FRC #3946 (Tiger Robotics)

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Re: Why do team's fold?

It's too late for the report (at least the initial cut), but there is at least one case in which an FRC team graduated/retired that involved none of the conditions described above. Many of you probably know that I'm speaking of 1717, d'Penguineers. The Dos Pueblos Engineering department decided to drop competition in FRC in order to pursue even more ambitious goals for their seniors. They didn't so much fold as raise the stakes beyond what the FRC table could support. Their last match was as semi-finalists on Carver at CMP 2015.

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