Thread: Getting Robotics Recognized as a State Sport
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Re: Getting Robotics Recognized as a State Sport
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Originally Posted by Fields View Post
Not to flame, but what does everyone hope to achieve by having robotics recognized as a state sport?

I've seen some posts were some added recognition would be nice, but I'm unclear as to what the overall gain would be.

Money - sponsors for that
Work time and space - we already have that
Glory - Yeah other sports have that above us, but chess isn't has glorious to most people as football either. FRC does rank higher for a lot of tech schools.

Just curious, and I'm sure others are too.
One of the main goals of FIRST when it was started was to get science and technology to be recognized and celebrated as much and as widely as any top sport. This is a step in that direction