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Re: Elitist Teams

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Originally Posted by R3P0 View Post

Shall I go on? How about the team that completely took over one part of the stands that our team had saved for the mentors and pit crew to come up in the stands to watch the matchs? Some of these parents are so rude that we ended up GRACIOUSLY giving up ALL of our seats to this team. Not one word of thanks, although they continued to talk about us as we went upstairs to film. Yeah snotty mom, we could hear you bad mouthing us. We were standing directly above you and could hear everything!
Parents who stick with FIRST teams are an odd problem. They obviously care about their kid and the team they are associated with but more opften than not do not care one bit about other teams. I do not think they realize the damage they cause the team's reputation with their territorial behavior but it's awkward to tell guest how to behave at an event when they are there for support and have not been around the team all season to understand how FIRST works. Maybe the team could make shirts for people who support the team without actually coming across as a member of the team so they cannot affect the team's public perception because it does matter.
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