[Nawaid Ladak]

I see both sides of the argument for and against the throwing of the paper airplanes. It's cool to watch them fly down from the stands when your on the dome floor. It's NOT cool to get hit by them. I'm a huge sucker for pageantry and traditions, but there is a time and place for everything.

I always hear the Championship Event called "The Superbowl of Smarts". If FIRST wants to be taken seriously, there is only one clear option.

If you throw something at the Superbowl from the stands. Security promptly escorts you out of the venue. All it would take is one idiot being caught on the big screen throwing a paper airplane followed by security escorting them out for these planes to be grounded permanently. a PSA video and signs wouldn't hurt either. This policy should also be applied for other silly things like laser pointers and frisbees.

If you can sit through the boring part of a movie, or a rain delay at a baseball game, I'm sure you can sit patiently while people who you should consider to be role models try to speak to you and get you to understand what you need to do to be successful in the future.

But then again, of the 25,000 people in the stands, what is the percentage of people who will actually end up reading this post? 6%? maybe 8%?

Just my $0.02