Ontario Moving to District Model in 2017

[Aren Siekmeier]

Originally Posted by Knufire

Considering the US registration fee is the same for districts and regionals, I'm pretty sure that the increase in Canadian registration fees are due to factors other than the system switch. Of course we can't say this for sure without information from somebody on FIRST Canada staff.

I'd venture to say it's similar to PNW's financial arrangement. FIRST tells FIRST Canada what they need in "participation fees" to cover the revenue they're counting on from Ontario normally (under regional system), or something similar (FIRST has a number of full time employees and support services they provide, as well as, you know, the game). Then it's up to FIRST Canada to raise money, collect registration fees, etc. to cover both this fee to FIRST and their own operating costs. In this way teams pay to their local district organizer and don't need to do a transaction with FIRST, which would also facilitate payment in CAD as mentioned. The higher fee is likely a result of how FIRST Canada is able to split their costs between donor support and the teams.

I could be totally off though.