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Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber
I'll be honest, AS IT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST, I don't care about having the full progression of programs under the same roof. I didn't miss FTC at all at CMP this year. I noticed their lack of presence about as much as I've ever noticed their presence. (I'm biased as a former world festival FLL judge I've noticed their presence quite a bit)
The other programs have always been relegated to sideshow status and I don't care if that continues. In fact, I'd like to see it stopped. If they can't be granted real "participant" status then I'd rather they not be there.
Now, I'd like to have A championship that celebrates all the FIRST programs, the values of FIRST, and celebrates STEM.
Just a thought on why that ranked so low (at least in my mind)
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Well of course it ranked low, because the survey was only of FRC teams! The whole point of having all of the FIRST levels under one roof is to inspire the younger kids to go to the higher levels. I bet if you surveyed FTC, FLL, and jrFLL teams you'd get a completely different answer (just like you'd get a different answer on the importance of having 1 championship if you only surveyed the teams that were at the 1 championship).