[EricH]

Originally Posted by Katie_UPS

I'm highly suspicious this has a lot to do with FIRST's goal to "Make It Loud." They did a similar thing in 2011 with the Will.I.Am concert and announcing the chairman's winner, which if I recall correctly, upset some folk (especially because there was minimal to no communication to teams that this would be the case).

I don't recall them announcing ahead of time that the CCA would be given at that concert. But yes, that whole "there's a concert on Friday" thing definitely could have been handled better that year.

You can "Make It Loud" WITHOUT depriving your CCA, Winner, and Finalist of full cheering sections, folks. It's called "have everybody stay put long enough for the awards".