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Originally Posted by Citrus Dad
So the aim of FIRST is to make FRC obsolete? That's an odd goal.
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While I disagree somewhat with how Blake phrases it, I'm all for teams serving their communities the best they possibly can, whether that's via FIRST or not. In my community, I know that splitting Championships has little to no effect on our considerations for how well we're serving our community. In other areas that might not be the case, and certainly any team that feels that there is a better program out there for their communities unique set of needs (inspiration, building technical skills, building life skills, etc) shouldn't be blinded by some illusion that they need to do FRC to be a "serious" robotics team. It's all about where your priorities are.
It's less a matter of making FRC obsolete, and more a matter of creating mature STEM-based learning initiatives that can make informed decisions based on their community's needs.