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Originally Posted by J_Miles
This made me think of the Michigan State Championship in 2010, where FIRST in Michigan (Or was it New Hampshire? Not sure, but my assumption was FiM) played an April Fool's joke:
Dave Verbrugge read a "rule change" during opening ceremonies that would have made it illegal to intentionally redirect soccer balls with any mechanism above the bumper zone (essentially rendering 469's incredibly effective scorer ineffective). I remember feeling sick to my stomach hearing it - I thought that 469 taking a risk in such a design deserved the success they god - but was even further saddened by the cheers and applause heard from so many teams around the arena. It was a sobering reminder that even as many people find dominant performance inspirational, a not insignificant group of people would cheer against such a team...I was quite relieved when Dave came out and said "This document is dated April 1st - April Fool's"
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I remember the same thing and it was at MSC and that was my rookie year. We did not go to CMP that year so naturally I really only new MI teams at that time but I would vote for 469 being dominate that year.
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