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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.
The FIRST experience practices project management with technology.
It's a time and motion study to coordinate the creation, competition and ultimate arbitration (Einstein).
To keep growing, the four month window should to be doubled to a September start.
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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I agree with what you're saying; there's a large trade off that has to be made. However, when looking at any high school sport, they have very different goals than FIRST. For example, the goal any high school volleyball organization is not to promote the game of volleyball and change culture such that volleyball is more accepted. The goal is simply to provide students with a place to play volleyball. FIRST on the other hand has multiple goals. They want to provide teams with a program that allows them to participate, but they are also trying to create a massive shift in culture. The World Championship is a huge part of this shift, as it's the stage FIRST needs to get the type of large scale publicity that's needed to achieve the culture change they're going for. Yes, there are other models that could achieve the same goals that FIRST is striving for, but as it stands right now, the World Championship is central to FIRST achieving their current mission.