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Originally Posted by MooreteP
Unfortunately, there is a conflict between continuing the idea of a World Championship for FIRST, and "having s team in every high school".
How many High School sports have a National Championship, let alone a World Championship?
Why do we want to believe it is possible to pull this off?
Do the math.
If you had to pick just one of these goals, Growth vs. No World Championship, which would it be?
(check your ego).
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FIRST has never said they want a
FRC team in every high school in the country. They've only said they want a FIRST team in every school in the country.
It's not logistically possible to have a FRC team in every high school. It's too expensive, too much of a drain on teachers, requires too many mentors, and too many competitions. No matter what spin you put on it, it's simply not possible.
If you extend down to FTC (or VEX) it's a lot more plausible that every school in the country could have a robotics program, since it costs and order of magnitude less to participate.