[Wayne Doenges]

Just about every year my team (FRC Team 1501 T.H.R.U.S.T.) give out Peer Awards at the regionals and Championship.
Past awards, we have given out were: Best Rookie, Best Autonomous, Best Scorer, Best Climber etc...
Whenever we give them out, the receiving team is very grateful.
Until this past season.
We gave out three awards at Championships. One was Best Rookie. The team was very grateful and we made a new friend.The other two I will not name as you may be able to determine who we gave them out to after what I say next.
When we gave out one of the other two awards a student said rather sarcastically "Oh look another award". I almost turned around and left.
I've heard that some teams will give out awards to try to bribe another team to pick them. We don't. We rely on our scouts to tell us who deserves the awards.

I know allot of teams give out these kind of awards. We have received our share.

Do teams appreciate these awards and accept them graciously or are they just something else to have to take home?
Should we give them out at Regionals and not Championship? Maybe just give them to the rookies?

What are your feeling about giving/receiving these awards?

The above rant is mine alone and does not reflect the feelings of my team.