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Teams should only be allowed to attend 1 regional. 13 6.40%
Teams should be allowed to attend as many regionals as they want. (status quo) 114 56.16%
We should strive to have every team attend at least 2 regionals. 76 37.44%
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Re: Should teams be allowed to attend multiple regionals?

I think that the number of regionals attended should be much more balanced. I'm on a rookie team, and I'm sure that my views will change, but I see that there are some "superteams" who go to three, four regionals and win several of those, and then go to Championships. I also see many teams discussing how to organize fundraisers because they barely have the money to make their own regionals, or, much rarer, haveing to see if they can afford to attend Cahmpionships. I know that my own team would have had a problem like that if we hadn't recieved help from Turner, who sponsors rookies (fortunately for us, we're in Atlanta and don't have to worry about Championshp, not so for everyone.... ). I think that, while is is great to go to a FIRST competition, and must be even better to go to many of them, teams should help other teams that are not as fortunate as them, instead of maxing out on regionals. While I know that this is an unralistic view, and impossible (not to mention unethical) to enforce, it seems that in FIRST, which has the most sportmanship and teamwork of any organization I have ever seem, this should be second nature, a few (ok, a good many) steps up from lending the team in the next pit some tools.

Another thing that deserves to be metioned that relates to this is when teams go to different regionals and sweep the awards at all of them. Is there a rule that limits this? If not, there should be a rule that limits how many special awards (awards that do not pertain to actual gameplay) a team can win at regionals other that their home regional.

P.S. Sorry about any spelling errors. I type fast and am not used to my dad's flat laptop keyboard!
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