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Originally Posted by dodar
Oh ok, didnt know when the offer was put forth. But then the question begs, why was the monetary incentive needed to try to do that? If it would have happened without the money, then why was the money introduced? If it only would have happened with the money, then there's your answer.
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I think your going way too deep into this decision be Steve Sanghi to involve money. He wanted to promote and reward excellence and this happened to be his way of doing so. Last year was the first challenge which was to have 6 robots off the ground in a match and initially stuck a monetary reward on that so it just seemed natural to stick a monetary reward on this year's challenge.
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Btw, Steve Sanghi may be on the FIRST board of directors but he decided to set this challenge individually out of his own pocket. He technically has every right to spend his money how he sees fit.