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Originally Posted by Patrick Flynn
... publishing more data doesn't help FIRST. Sure it makes more of us numbers people happy, but it costs FIRST time and money and doesn't really serve a major purpose for them...
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Not to be too harsh, but I disagree with the above. If the person to whom you were speaking holds a high-ranking position within FIRST it is truly discouraging.
"...doesn't help FIRST... doesn't really serve a major purpose for them"
Seriously? If FIRST is truly about inspiration -- and not just the robot -- then it certainly does serve a major purpose. There are a lot of students (and mentors) out there who are
very inspired by analyzing the numbers. Look at all the effort students put into this aspect of the program.
" it costs FIRST time and money "
This floors me.
The data is already being generated. Just provide it to someone (like TBA) who values it and will gladly volunteer their time to make it available to students who are inspired by it.