Entry Fee Increase---hurting teams

[MikeDubreuil]

Just like electricity, everyone involved with fundraising takes the path of least resistance. If a major sponsor is available who is willing to take care of the whole bill, that's what the fundraising team will do. If the fundraising team needs to go door-to-door collecting funds that's what they will do.

No one chooses the path that's most difficult. Often times it has to do with a poor economy in their area or a lack of major sponsors in their area.

It doesn't make a team better if they have just one sponsor or if they have 100 sponsors. However, you should commend a team who struggled to pay the bill with a list of sponsors one hundred long for showing their strength, perseverance and love for participating in the FIRST robotics program.