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FIRST is "For the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology". If having an FRC team inspired more students to get into science and technology, then you were successful. Point out to your school principal that Dean Kamen's vision for first was to change the way that people look at science and engeneering (The New Cool has some good quotes about this), and going from FTC to FRC brings the publicity to do this.

In the words of Dean, "You have teenagers thinking they're going to make millions in the NBA. That's not realistic for even one percent of them. Being a scientist or an engineer is." Try to explain to the schools that FRC can bring more intrest to math and science.

I'm not denying that the larger robots are cooler, but that might not be enough to convinve someone, however an appeal to the help education could work better.