[Nemo]

Originally Posted by Cory

I don't want to turn this into a political discussion, but if that's the case, FTC deserves to fail. VEX is beating the pants off of FTC and FIRST has no answer for that.

You can be damned sure that if VEX held their championships in the middle of a cornfield somewhere, it would thrive, as it has been without FIRST.

I don't see why we should support FTC, just because it is FIRST. Inbred thinking like that stifles innovation and progress. If FIRST is not held accountable for their failures or shortcomings, what motivation do they have to make things better? You'd think the massive success of VEX would make them rethink their approach to FTC, but that clearly hasn't happened.

All I have to say is FIRST is lucky there is absolutely no alternative to FRC, because if there was they might find teams jumping ship left and right.

Incidentally, is there a good thread for that particular political discussion? I am interested in it.