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Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber
My problem is a screw, yours is a nail... do you use the same tool?
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If you're on my team, why not?
I don't think competition would be the best solution. FIRST is already trying to improve, and over the last couple of years (don't know about before) has taken our input to improve itself on a daily basis.
Competition in the market causes lower prices and more attractive advertizing, not necessarily impovement of the firm and/or product. I think that
IF FIRST changes because of competition, the change would be more towards making the competition more attractive to spectators through games that are more fun to watch, which are not necessarily more educational to play. I think this competition, if it will be heavy and a threat to FIRST's spread (which is kind-of the definition of competition in marketing), might cause FIRST to lose focus on what matters to FIRST most: inspiring students to persure a career in STEM.