[Banderoonies]

Everyone criticizes my "divorce" analogy. However, when a family gets divided into two championships and the "kids" have absolutely no say in the matter, that is what it felt like to me. Sorry for those of you that took offense at this analogy. I meant no offense. I simply found the split really sad and very "dividing" of this organization.

Do I want more teams to have opportunity? Of course! That has been our operating model for a very long time. More of our work goes into helping other teams & the community than building our robot.

Ultimately,I fear one championship will end up being considered "better" than the other. There is a sad likelihood of that happening. What does that do to all of those competing at the other? Will that diminish their experience?

I am in total agreement with the goal of having more opportunities for other reams.....I simply think how FIRST developed a solution to this problem could have been better implemented and communicated.

But it's done. So lets all just accept it, and try to work within the new model. The swirl helps no one.