Is competing at multiple regionals REALLY fair ?

[artdutra04]

Originally Posted by Mr. Freeman

I'm not sure how the number of top tier teams is related to the number of regionals teams can enter.

If teams are only limited to one regional, then there would be a lot of teams who are Regional Champions. But when you can attend multiple regionals, the really good teams win multiple awards at multiple competitions and place themselves a cut above the rest.

These are the teams that inspire; the ones that engineer awe-inspiring designs or build rock solid machines, or have been able to start more FRC teams than one can count on both hands. These are the role models for FIRST.

Lowering the bar to force equality upon a group of participants is never a good idea. It's a horrible idea as No Child Left Behind, and it would be a horrible idea in FIRST. The only thing it would do is drag down the top tier teams, which are the usually role model teams and some of the strongest for growing, expanding and inspiring in the program.