I was watching a show about inventor's and robots. And they started talking about how kids learn about robotics through a competition. They demonstrated an invention called swarm bots on a FTC field (no idea the year). and at the end of it before the break i noticed a FRC robot, the mini-bot pole, and other stuff. looks like FIRST is gonna be noticed again
even though i don't think he ever mentions FIRST itself, the inventor sure does support it.
the show link is
http://watch.discoverychannel.ca/#clip578931