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Top billing for sponsors is NO problem...
When schools pay the registration fee and do all the things the sponsors do then they can get top billing. My school doesn't offer the cash... or complain about the thousands our sponsor gives the team. I'm overjoyed that we have our sponsor and that they want to work with my students. I know of other teams that wish they had the same support.
If giving the sponsor top billing doesn't work for you try running a team without a sponsor. Then the school can get all the credit and more power to them.
As for the engineers vs the kids working issue- well Dean addresses that every year. Time to let it die. Motivation is the goal, not equity amongst teams. Build your team to the point where IT is excellent. The robot is just a side project. Winning is nice but it isn't the only goal here and nothing says an adult engineering team can build the best robot anyway.
BTW- in 2000 at the kickoff, Dean Kamen made the statement that one of his goals was to see every Fortune 500 company involved in FIRST. Maybe that explains why FIRST gives top billing to the sponsors.
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