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Originally Posted by Patrick Chiang
By your logic: If FIRST is supposed to introduce students to real life engineering, it would require teams to hold tryouts and interviews for team positions.
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That's interesting....we hold tryouts for important field positions. Many many many successful teams do this. While we have not personally had to limit students involved in other aspects of the prgoram due to our size (only 30 kids) I am aware of plenty of programs that limit the number of students on the build team. We also limit who travels to only those who we deem necessary for success and those who have put in the effort to warrant travelling with us. Again this is not an uncommon practice.
This isn't un"fair" or wrong it just encourages students to actually put in a meaningful effort if they want all the benefits. Mediocrity shouldn't be rewarded just like teams who take the time and put in the effort to seek out sponsors shouldnt be limited so that everything is "fair".