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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 two regionals per team, plus nationals is enough. After that, I think the money can be used elsewhere, either promoting engineering, science, technology, or even FIRST.

Let's take a team that has attended four regionals, or three regionals plus nationals. If they had only attended two events, there is an extra $8000 leftover from registration fees alone. That is the kind of money that can create a whole new FIRST team where FIRST can impact so many other students. Sure this new team can only travel to one event, but that is sufficient for FIRST to have an impact.

Also, when a team starts attending more than two regionals, they are in the running for awards that they may have already won. I know that many teams will attend another event and asked not to be included for an award if they have previously won it, and I love that. However, if you have not won an award at your past two regionals, how fair is it for you to win it at your third one? And if you don't disqualify yourself for these awards at your future regional, and it happens to be a championship event-qualifying award, you are taking away the chance for other teams to have the opportunity to go the championship event.
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