[Cory]

I don't believe anyone in this thread commenting on the impact (with the exception of Sean) has any idea how much money and people NASA puts into FIRST, both at a team level and at a programmatic level.

It is a LOT. You are talking about some events potentially not existing anymore, substantially fewer rookie teams starting each year, reduced competitiveness due to teams not being able to utilize resources such as mobile machine shops, practice fields, etc. Volunteers not being able to attend events...the list goes on and on.

Still, until FIRST or NASA addresses this specifically there's nothing to say that the funding isn't already locked in for this year, or for some contract period. No reason to freak out yet.