[FIRST EMAIL] Stop Build Day Survey

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Originally Posted by Oblarg

I have yet to hear a truly convincing argument that eliminating bag day would significantly increase the amount of work most teams do.

I will give you an example using my team's numbers:

My team has about 120 students. During the build season, they're required to meet 3 hours per day, every day, after school to be considered on the team. Keeping all students occupied and out of trouble is a huge undertaking in itself.

After stop build day, there are about 20 dedicated students that will continue to meet or work on robotics, but the work is infrequent and not mandatory for everyone.

If stop build day is removed and our build season is extended, I doubt we'd keep a "team-only" stop build date. Our build season would be extended just like everyone else's, and that would significantly increase the amount of work - 300 student hours / day. Those 300 hours could be spent on schoolwork, athletics, jobs, other activities.

Not to mention, the school's coach of the robotics team is compensated extra the same as an assistant cheerleader coach. If the build season is extended any longer, we would have a very hard time finding teachers to sponsor the team.

Other than the size of my robotics team, I don't think my team is unique in how it would treat no stop build date.