[jman4747]

Originally Posted by cgmv123

Is FIRST a bunch of staffers at 200 Bedford St, Manchester, NH trying to run a non-profit organization as efficiently as possible, or is FIRST a collection of robotics teams trying change culture and promote STEM fields and inspire students to pursue careers in those fields and/or be effective communicators and leaders (with assistance and organization from staffers at 200 Bedford St, Manchester, NH)?

If it's the latter, don't those robotics teams deserve a say in the direction of FIRST? They didn't get it prior to this announcement.

I made an edit.

So you are right, but the non-profit decides how this championship we are arguing about is put on and know what they need to do to do it. We get some of it but they take main responsibility for the catalyst that we use to inspire so lets see before we start thinking about things like jumping ship.