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Lil' Lavery 11-10-2006 23:24

Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
Karthik and I were having a discussion over which sponsor fields the most succussful teams perennially. It basically came down to 4 major sponsors with real claims for it.
GM: 65, 66, 67, 68, 1114, 1503 (70 and 494 are also sponsored by Chrysler, so we decided to leave them out)

NASA (only "NASA Base" teams, including all NASA grant teams would be unfair): 116, 118, 122, 233, 254, 330, 364, 368

Delphi: 45, 47, 48, 703, 868

UTC: 173-180


Which do you think can field the strongest line up?

Note: I said "most successful" not "best" for those of you who don't like to label FIRST teams as the "best".

Koko Ed 11-10-2006 23:27

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery
Karthik and I were having a discussion over which sponsor fields the most succussful teams perennially. It basically came down to 4 major sponsors with real claims for it.
GM: 65, 66, 67, 68, 1114, 1503 (70 and 494 are also sponsored by Chrysler, so we decided to leave them out)

NASA (only "NASA Base" teams, including all NASA grant teams would be unfair): 116, 118, 122, 233, 254, 330, 346, 348

Delphi: 45, 47, 48, 703, 868

UTC: 173-180

Depends on your defination of success in FIRST.

Lil' Lavery 11-10-2006 23:28

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Koko Ed
Depends on your defination of success in FIRST.

Each of those sponsors has a FIRST hall of fame team and a Champion team. So both success with the on the field robot, and reaching out and making a difference are represented.

AdamHeard 11-10-2006 23:41

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
Don't forget 64 under GM teams.

David Kelly 11-10-2006 23:45

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
Rolls-Royce has had some pretty successful teams. Most of them may not be so nationally known or are a "big name teams", but their stats speak for themselves. (This is just purely based on wins/awards.)


(note: Rolls-Royce currently sponsors 8 teams within the Indianapolis metro area, with a possibility of some more for 2007)


234
Awards Won:
2006 CMP KPC&B Entrepreunership
2006 MI Website Award
2006 AZ Imagery
2006 AZ KPC&B Entrepreunership
2006 AZ Website Award
2006 AZ Woodie Flowers Regional Award (Chris Fultz)
2005 FL Woodie Flowers Regional Award (Scott Ritchie)
2005 FL KPC&B Entrepreunership
2005 IN J&J Sportsmanship
2004 AZ KPC&B Entrepreunership
2004 IL Regional Chairman's Award
2004 AZ Website Design Award
2003 AZ Regional Chairman's Award
2003 AZ Website Design Award
2003 VA Website Design Award
2001 FL Delphi "Driving Tomorrow's Technology"
2001 IL Judge's Award
2001 IL Regional Champion
2001 NAT Delphi "Driving Tomorrow's Technology"

393
Awards Won:
2006 PIT GM Industrial Design
2006 PIT Regional Finalist
2005 SAC Regional Chairman's Award
2001 TX Xerox Creativity
2001 TX Finalist

829
no info available

868
Awards Won:
2006 IN Autodesk Visualization Award
2006 IN GM Industrial Design
2006 PIT Xerox Creativity
2006 PIT Autodesk Visualization Award
2005 CMP Autodesk Rising Star Visualization Award
2005 MI Delphi "Driving Tomorrow's Technology"
2005 IN KPC&B Entrepreunership
2004 CMP Championship Finalist
2004 CMP Champion - Galileo Division
2003 MO KPC&B Entrepreunership
2003 GA GM Industrial Design
2003 CMP GM Industrial Design

1018
Awards Won:
2006 OH Regional Finalist


1024
Awards Won:
2006 IN Imagery
2006 IN Motorola Quality
2005 IN Imagery
2005 IN Regional Champion
2005 MO RadioShack Innovation in Control Award
2004 MI Regional Champion
2004 MO Imagery
2003 MO Rookie All-Star

1529
no info available

1741
Awards Won:
2006 IN Rookie Inspiration Award
2006 IN Regional Finalist

Eric O 12-10-2006 06:13

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery
Karthik and I were having a discussion over which sponsor fields the most succussful teams perennially. It basically came down to 4 major sponsors with real claims for it.
GM: 65, 66, 67, 68, 1114, 1503 (70 and 494 are also sponsored by Chrysler, so we decided to leave them out)

NASA (only "NASA Base" teams, including all NASA grant teams would be unfair): 116, 118, 122, 233, 254, 330, 346, 348

Delphi: 45, 47, 48, 703, 868

UTC: 173-180


Which do you think can field the strongest line up?

Note: I said "most successful" not "best" for those of you who don't like to label FIRST teams as the "best".

I would say that out of all the sponsors the most successful one would not be one of these large companies. I'm thinking more of a machining company from Indiana: Beatty Machine & Manufacturing.

I mean, who can argue with this list of "Success":

Awards Won:
2006 IL Regional Finalist
2006 IL Engineering Inspiration Award
2006 MO Regional Chairman's Award
2006 MO Regional Champion
2005 IL Website Award
2005 IL Motorola Quality
2005 IL Regional Champion
2005 IN GM Industrial Design
2005 IN Regional Champion
2004 CMP Championship Winner
2004 MI Woodie Flowers Regional Award
2004 MI Motorola Quality
2004 CMP Champion - Archimedes Division
2004 IL Engineering Inspiration Award
2003 MI Regional Finalist
2003 MI
2003 MI GM Industrial Design
2002 CMP Division Champion - Newton
2002 CMP Championship Winner
2002 IL Regional Champion
2002 IL Engineering Inspiration Award
2002 MI Delphi "Driving Tomorrow's Technology"
2001 CMP #1 Seed - Newton Division
2001 IL Incredible Play of the Day
2001 IL #1 Seed
2001 IL Regional Champion
2001 MI2 GM Industrial Design
2001 MI2 Incredible Play of the Day
2001 MI2 #1 Seed
2001 MI2 Regional Champion
2001 NAT National Champions
2001 NAT Division Champion - Newton
2000 IL Xerox Creativity Award
1999 IL Regional Champion
1999 MI Regional Champion
1999 MI J&J Sportsmanship
1999 IL #1 Seed
1998 IL Xerox Creativity Award
1998 N1 Xerox Creativity Award
1997 IL Regional Champion
1997 IL #1 Seed
1997 N1 Honeywell Leadership in Control Award
1997 N1 Champions
1996 N1 #1 Seed



Do any of these sponsors have 4 National Championships? (I know the GM list has at least 3) I know you guys were talking more about the multi team sponsors, but when making a list of successful sponsors, Beatty has to be included.

If I were to pick from the lists you have there, I would have to say that the GM teams are the most consistently successful.

- Eric

Jack Jones 12-10-2006 07:07

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
I could be wrong – but didn’t they have the same kind of debates on episodes of Sienfield? I seem to remember how George and Elaine would compile a list of this or that based on their informed opinions. Then Jerry would mess them up by pointing out that it depends on how they define yada-yada. And then Kramer would try to form some metrics, but would soon end up so frustrated that he’d have to do a pratfall.

Didn’t ya just love the way they’d spend the whole show talking bout stuff, but never resolving anything?

[/:rolleyes:]

Billfred 12-10-2006 08:00

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
I don't think you can say anybody besides GM for this.

64 (now split to 39 and 11??): Three regional championships, two division championships, one Championship finalist, and the most awards in one season of any team in FIRST:
2005 CMP Championship Finalist
2005 CMP Champion - Galileo Division
2005 NV Imagery
2005 NV Motorola Quality
2005 NV Regional Champion
2005 NV Safety Award
2005 CO Autodesk Visualization Award
2005 CO GM Industrial Design
2005 CO Regional Finalist
2005 AZ Imagery
2005 AZ Website Award
2005 AZ Motorola Quality
2005 AZ Autodesk Visualization Award

65: Two Regional Chairman's Awards, one Chairman's Award Finalist, one Einstein championship, one Regional Champion, one Championship finalist, and four regional finalist. (And plenty of other hardware thrown in for good measure.)

66: One RCA, one Einstein championship, three Regional Championships, one division finalist, two regional finalists.

67: These folks need no introduction. Chairman's Award winners and world champions in the same year, a Woodie Flowers Award, three RCAs or Chairman's Award Finalists, one division championship (not counting the 2005 win), seven regional championships, and so many other awards that I have to scroll to see them all.

68: Two-time regional champion, four-time regional finalist, and plenty of technical awards.

1114: In just four years, they've won the Regional Chairman's Award, they're a five-time (five-time!) regional champion, a division finalist, two regional finalists, and quite a few technical awards, especially considering the challenge of trying to decide who to award the awards to in a collaborative setting.

1503: Two years into FIRST, and they're at or near the top of the field on some of the biggest stages in FIRST outside Atlanta:

2006 Greater Toronto Regional: Champion.
2006 Waterloo Regional: Champion.
2006 Great Lakes Regional: Champion.
2005 Greater Toronto Regional: Finalist.
2005 Waterloo Regional: Rookie Inspiration Award.

So, to sum things up:

One Chairman's Award
Three Einstein Championships
One Woodie Flowers Award
Four Division Championships that didn't result in an Einstein championship (plus one Championship Finalist in the pre-division era)
Seven Regional Chairman's Awards or Chairman's Award Finalists (which, by my understanding, is functionally similar)
TWENTY-FOUR Regional Championships

If that's not dominance, I don't know what is.

Lil' Lavery 12-10-2006 08:42

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
Granted, but let's look at the NASA teams:

116:
No Chairman's or Regional Championships to date
2 WFFAs
5 (Consecutive) Regional AVAs, most of any team in FIRST

118:
2x Regional Champs
3x Regional Finalist
2002 Archimedes Champ
2x Regional CA
2005 CMP Chairman's honorable mention
1 WFFA
Numerous other awards

122:
3x Regional Champ
2x Regional FInalist
2001 Galileo Champ
2006 Newton Finalist
Numerous other awards

233:
4x Reginal Champ
4x Regional Finalist
2006 Archimedes Finalist
2002 Archimedes CHamp
2x Regional Chairman's
Numerous other awards

254:
12x (yes 12x) Regional Champ
Has won EVERY SINGLE SVR
2x Regional Finalist
2x Championship Finalist
2004 CMP Chairman's Award
2x Regional CA
Numerous other awards

330:
4x Regional Champ
4x Regional Finalist
2x Regional CA
2005 CMP Champs (Alliance Captain)
Numerous other awards

364:
2x Regional Champ
1x Regional Finalist
Numerous other awards

368:
1x Regional Champ
4x Regional Finalist
1x Regional CA
Numerous other awards

ONE Chairman's Award Winner
ONE Einstein Championship
FIVE Division Champions (not countin 330's 2005 CMP win)
NINE Regional Chairman's Awards
Twenty Eight Regional Championships
Twenty Regional Finalists

Billfred 12-10-2006 11:14

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
Not bad, but also note that NASA's got an extra team on their side (eight to GM's seven).

Al Skierkiewicz 12-10-2006 12:00

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
I normally don't get involved in these types of discussions, but Motorola should be included in that list. They are a long time national sponsor, having had several teams over their many years of participation and continue to sponsor teams in Chicago, PA and Florida. Can't speak to Dillard's SigmaCat history (with any accuracy) but to Wildstang, we have placed high in the Championship by going to at least divisional finals for the past 11 years, winning in 2003 and being awarded the Chairman's in 2006. Sigmacats' SOAP is one of the longest and most successful scouting programs in this organization and they continue to provide archival video and match lists for all participants as well as fielding some incredible robots and robot innovations. All of this while continuing to support FLL in Illinois (I believe the largest registration on the planet) and backing the state FLL competition.

Checkout our homepage for history.

AdamHeard 12-10-2006 20:34

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Billfred
64 (now split to 39 and 11??):

11 is across the country from them aren't they?

Madison 12-10-2006 20:39

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by cromat44
11 is across the country from them aren't they?

11 is the Mount Olive Robotics Team (MORT) from Mount Olive, NJ and they've been around for ages. They've got nothing to do with 64.

KenWittlief 12-10-2006 20:41

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
I think so far this thread is lost in deep weeds.

The most successful FIRST sponsor would be the one that put the most HS students into science and engineering programs at colleges and universities.

Four years from now a FIRST trophy will be worth about $12 on ebay. A four year engineering or science degree will have a life-time salary value starting around $2M, way more if you branch out and run your own business.

And the contributions to our society and the future of humanity are going to come from people with the best education and the best motivation.

Which sponsor has worked toward the goals of FIRST with the most success?

Beats me!

Donut 12-10-2006 20:56

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
64 split into 39 and 1018.

NASA grants aside, who sponsors the most teams?

Madison 12-10-2006 21:05

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Donut
64 split into 39 and 1018.

NASA grants aside, who sponsors the most teams?

1018 is the Pike Robodevils in Indiana. Try again. :)

Cory 12-10-2006 21:23

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by M. Krass
1018 is the Pike Robodevils in Indiana. Try again. :)

pretty sure it was 1011

JackN 12-10-2006 21:25

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
Team 64 the Gila Monsters split into team 39 and team 1013 acording to this thread http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...=GIla+Monsters

Second if you want to look at it, UTC and GM are the only two that can hold the crown.
201 is another GM team that has been very successful, with a trip to Einstein this year.

UTC is probably the most underated though. 173,174,175,176,177,179,and 180 are among the best in FIRST year in and year out. This year they had 6 regional victories.

There seems to be a correlation between UTC teams and GM teams. This year 494 won Buckeye with 174, last year we partnered with 179 at championship, 173 picked 66 another GM team when they won the championship and this year 177 rounded out their Galileo winning aliance with team 201. I just thought that was weird

Billfred 12-10-2006 23:03

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by M. Krass
11 is the Mount Olive Robotics Team (MORT) from Mount Olive, NJ and they've been around for ages. They've got nothing to do with 64.

I meant 11?? in the two-ones-and-two-digits-I-didn't-know sense. I'll specify next time. ;)
Quote:

Originally Posted by KenWittlief
think so far this thread is lost in deep weeds.

The most successful FIRST sponsor would be the one that put the most HS students into science and engineering programs at colleges and universities.

Four years from now a FIRST trophy will be worth about $12 on ebay. A four year engineering or science degree will have a life-time salary value starting around $2M, way more if you branch out and run your own business.

And the contributions to our society and the future of humanity are going to come from people with the best education and the best motivation.

Which sponsor has worked toward the goals of FIRST with the most success?

Beats me!

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to KenWittlief again. (I think it's just a matter of clarification.)

I'm going to pull an Andy Grady here and bring up a great team of the past: What about the Pilgrim Nuclear Technology Alliance, sponsor of the retired team 23? They were active for five seasons, and brought home a Chairman's Award, two CA finalists, a Championship Rookie All-Star (basically bringing home some form of top-level recognition every year but their last, at which point they'd already won Chairman's), and a Woodie Flowers Award to boot. That's nothing to sneeze at.

Jon K. 12-10-2006 23:40

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery
Karthik and I were having a discussion over which sponsor fields the most succussful teams perennially. It basically came down to 4 major sponsors with real claims for it.
GM: 65, 66, 67, 68, 1114, 1503 (70 and 494 are also sponsored by Chrysler, so we decided to leave them out)

NASA (only "NASA Base" teams, including all NASA grant teams would be unfair): 116, 118, 122, 233, 254, 330, 364, 368

Delphi: 45, 47, 48, 703, 868

UTC: 173-180


Which do you think can field the strongest line up?

Note: I said "most successful" not "best" for those of you who don't like to label FIRST teams as the "best".


While I find it interesting that you bring up the UTC block as I like to call it, you are missing team 181 in there, and also a lot of UTC teams that have been up and coming in recent years, although haven't neccessarily gained as much attention. I must say though that you really can't judge a program based off of sponsors, as some teams only get money from a sponsor, and others get an engineering support staff devoted to the program. Also to single out any one sponsor in FIRST as being most successful based on wins is foolish as most wins in a competition are based a lot on luck, and a lot on strategy. I agree with Ken, as well as that I feel that any sponsor of any FIRST team deserves recognition because they realize what an amazing program FIRST is.

techtiger1 12-10-2006 23:52

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
I could be wrong but isn't 179 a UTC team also ?

AdamHeard 13-10-2006 00:01

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Jon K.
While I find it interesting that you bring up the UTC block as I like to call it, you are missing team 181 in there, and also a lot of UTC teams that have been up and coming in recent years, although haven't neccessarily gained as much attention. I must say though that you really can't judge a program based off of sponsors, as some teams only get money from a sponsor, and others get an engineering support staff devoted to the program. Also to single out any one sponsor in FIRST as being most successful based on wins is foolish as most wins in a competition are based a lot on luck, and a lot on strategy. I agree with Ken, as well as that I feel that any sponsor of any FIRST team deserves recognition because they realize what an amazing program FIRST is.

I know exactly what you mean. My team is sponsored by Northrop Grumman: Space Technology (branch that mostly makes satellites) and not only do we get some great engineers, but 3-4 students each year get a paid internship. I received andinternship in the summer of 2005, came back in summer of 2006 and now I week two days a week there. I'll come back next summer and qualify for a program where I'll work during the summer (a nice wage too), and they reimburse our college tuition on top of he pay rate.

So, my team may not have been the top team (I've been on since fall of '04), but I still received a great education and experience in engineering that showed me what I can and want to do with my life; It then gave me the tools and opportunities to do so.

J Flex 188 13-10-2006 01:45

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
Looking up north, the Toronto District School Board and the efforts of Mr. Mark Breadner, a UFh and company cannot be overlooked. I am not sure of any other school board in any other region that has given support to as many teams as the TDSB. From my days as a student, I had heard that they paid for every team's initial entry fee into what was then the Canadian Regional. They have positions and chairs within their organization dedicated to FIRST and continue to actively support it with intiatives like the Innovation fund. If someone with a bit more information could clarify their exact position in relation to how teams operate and their expenses that would be great. I just know that everytime I walk into a Canadian regional, over 90% of the teams that are there have a TDSB and the familiar half apple logo attached to their robot.

Al Skierkiewicz 13-10-2006 11:44

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by KenWittlief
The most successful FIRST sponsor would be the one that put the most HS students into science and engineering programs at colleges and universities.

In that case, Motorola again with at last count 180+ graduates (from 12 years of Wildstang alone not including the 7 other Motorola teams over the years) including nine now working at Motorola (and several graduates from other teams now working at Motorola) and one (that I know of) working at Underwriter's Labs who oversee safety for competitions now and one teacher in our school district.

BTW, remember I am not a Motorola employee.

Lil' Lavery 13-10-2006 14:42

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by KenWittlief
I think so far this thread is lost in deep weeds.

The most successful FIRST sponsor would be the one that put the most HS students into science and engineering programs at colleges and universities.

Four years from now a FIRST trophy will be worth about $12 on ebay. A four year engineering or science degree will have a life-time salary value starting around $2M, way more if you branch out and run your own business.

And the contributions to our society and the future of humanity are going to come from people with the best education and the best motivation.

Which sponsor has worked toward the goals of FIRST with the most success?

Beats me!

Ken, that's a different question entirely though. I didn't ask which sponsor was the most successful, I asked which sponsor has the most successful teams. Certainly graduating students, spreading science and engineering, etc can be criteria in that (each person has their own definition of success in FIRST), and you can pose which sponsor has had teams you felt accomplished those goals the best. Especially considering all four of the sponsors I have mentioned, as well as Motorola (which Al has mentioned in this thread) have teams that have won the Chairman's Award.

efoote868 14-10-2006 22:28

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
If you're going to say that one sponsor has x teams, and the other has more, and therefore the one with x teams has more awards per team, then beatty definitely takes the cake, even though they sponsor one team.

i would venture to say, however, that the company that gives the most to teams/FIRST is the real winner.

ScoutingNerd175 18-10-2006 23:04

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
Just because someone did it for GM and NASA, I'll do it for the UTC block.

173-2 Regional Championships, 3 Regional Finalist, 1 Division championship that didn't win Einstein, 1 Einstein championship

174-1 regional championship

175-6 regional championships, 4 regional finalist, 3 division championships that didn't win Einstein, 3 National chairman’s award finalist, 1 regional chairman’s award, 1 championship chairman's award

176-2 regional championships, 2 regional finalist (by the way, 1st left BAE 2006 off their list for 176), 2 division finalist, 1 national championship, 1 regional engineering inspiration

177-4 regional championships, 1 regional finalist, 2 Division championships that didn't win Einstein, 1 division finalist

178-2 regional Engineering inspiration awards

179-2 regional championships, 1 division finalist

180-2 regional championships, 1 Championship finalist, 1 division finalist

181-2 regional finalist, 1 Engineering inspiration

So,
21 Regional Championships
10 Regional Finalists
6 Division Championships
5 Division Finalists
1 National Finalist
2 National/World Championships
4 Regional Engineering Inspiration awards
1 Regional Chairman's Award
3 Championship Chairman's Finalist
1 National Chairman's Award


I'm still a Scouting Nerd at heart! I love data! :D

Not that there aren't other UTC sponsored teams outside of the block, there are many. I have a list.

Tim Delles 18-10-2006 23:25

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
Just a thought reading this, but has anyone ever thought about how the college sponsored teams do against the corporate sponsored teams???

Richard Wallace 18-10-2006 23:32

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Donut
NASA grants aside, who sponsors the most teams?

This is an interesting question in its own right.

The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (based in Kansas City) currently sponsors 47 FRC teams.

Arefin Bari 18-10-2006 23:36

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by techtiger1
I could be wrong but isn't 179 a UTC team also ?

Yes they are...

Team 179 - United Technologies/EDF/Pratt & Whitney & Inlet Grove High School & Suncoast High School

Dylan Gramlich 19-10-2006 13:09

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
I know this wasnt one of the choices but Xerox because of the teams they support and just the extent they support FIRST in general! X-RoX!!!

Cynette 19-10-2006 14:17

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
I'm not sure how you would really fairly measure this since there are so many ways to have a successful team in FIRST.

But I can tell you that for the 2006 season, the most successful starter of new teams is NASA. Of the 35 rookie teams that went to Championship this year, 19 of them include NASA in their name as sponsor.
Ewing Marion Kauffman sponsored 3 of the rookies at Championship. This is impressive considering this was the first year of their grant awards and they are very regional in their distribution of grants.
Diamler Chrysler and ITT each were sponsors of two of the rookie teams.

Lil' Lavery 19-10-2006 16:09

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by mocat1530
But I can tell you that for the 2006 season, the most successful starter of new teams is NASA. Of the 35 rookie teams that went to Championship this year, 19 of them include NASA in their name as sponsor.

Through the NASA grant program, NASA has probably sponsored half of FIRST at one point or another. Additionally, NASA also has sponsored 21(?) Regionals at one point during their history, including the always popular NASA/VCU regional. Because the NASA grant program is so huge, we have opted to leave it out for the purposes of this discussion to try and level the playing field. ;)

Jeremytice 19-10-2006 19:42

Re: Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Dylan Gramlich
I know this wasnt one of the choices but Xerox because of the teams they support and just the extent they support FIRST in general! X-RoX!!!

Yea I have to agree with Dylan on this one. Even though Xerox isnt a choice I would say that they are a great sponsor. They really care about the FIRST program and they want students to get involved with it. Thanks Xerox!


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