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Originally Posted by LeelandS

Forget for a moment the world championships. Forget the amazing robots. Imagine that it boils down to just another FRC team shutting down. That... is unacceptable in any circle.

Bring back in the years and years of legacy, the awards, the robots, the championships. And FRC could be losing one of the greatest teams of all time. A team that, over 15 years, has inspired at least hundreds of students on the team with the message of FIRST, and, with their legacy of domination and outstanding performances, have inspired students, mentors and teams as a whole through out the FIRST world. Not just the City of Hammond. Now just the State of Indiana. Not just the United States of America. Not just North America. 71 has inspired teams worldwide with their standard of excellence. And to lose that. To cut that legacy off. It would be tragedy.

If there is any way the FIRST community can help, I hope it is made known sooner rather than later. I'd put in the effort if it meant one of the most inspiring teams in FIRST could keep on inspiring.

Not making a slight to any other team, but if there ever was a team that FIRST and their leading bodies would ever need to jump in for and try to keep alive, I think most would say 71 has earned that right.