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Originally Posted by wilsonmw04
And the "R" stands for Robotics, but I guess I drank too much of the Kool-Aid and believe that FRC is not about the robot. Who was it that said (i'm going to butcher the quote),"If you go to an FRC event and think you are watching a robot competition, you are missing the point."?
I do not argue with the logistics of Champs. I understand the math. I also understand that I have never been to Champs. I kept my old team away due to funding issues. Now that I am with a much larger team that has seen more success at the regional level historically, I hear about what champs is like as an experience. I now realize I have done my old team a disservice by not buying into champs in the past. It's now THOSE teams that will most likely never get a chance to have ANY champs experience. If the small and resource poor teams never get a trip to St. Louis, or where ever it’s held next, then FIRST will have failed that portion of their community.
with that, I will not get off my soap box and finish grading these tests that are on my desk...
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Allow me to backtrack a little as I don't want to come off sounding like I don't care about the kids - in fact, the opposite is true; I wouldn't be a teacher or FIRST mentor if it wasn't. I don't disagree with you, but my argument comes from the way champs are set up now...as we all agree, the math doesn't work to get everyone there, at least to compete. As IKE said...we're gonna need a bigger boat. I don't know what the solution could be, but I'm sure regardless of what is done, someone will be unhappy...I say this because I'm not sure there is a perfect solution out there. I hope there is and that someone finds it.