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This has turned into a thread with two arguments...
...as far as billing I like the current format...everyone, company, corporation, foundation, and school gets credit.
but as far as Inspiration goes I agree with Gadget and Mark P.
You've got to be involved, get your hands dirty to really get inspired. Last year we saw teams with "engineers" build amazing bots only to see other teams of "students" advance past them. We saw "engineers" feverishly work on the bot in the pits while their kids handed out buttons. Its great to have engineering mentors but if FIRST Teams become nothing more than a professional sports franchise where the team with all the $$$ can buy the best players or "engineers" to build a super bot, kids may as well tune into "TLC Robotica" for their inspiration.
Its all a fine balance.
oh ya, I also find it interesting that it seems to be mostly engineers who think "who builds the robot" is a trivial issue.
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