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Re: Keep FIRST in Michigan (FiM) from killing FIRST Lego League
Some of this is ridiculous, and until it is refuted, infuriating.
There is no need for state educational systems to alter FIRST event rules.
Even if FRC were the greatest thing since pre-sliced bread, there is no need to force it on people, or to deny them alternatives.
School systems are welcome to dictate to their schools what those institutions must do, but there is no need for FIRST, or VRC, or BEST, or ... to convert a large state's surface area into a place where the state dictates what independent teams may do in FIRST.
A state is welcome to give grants to its schools and/or to event organizers. However, those grants should not be accepted if they come with strings that tell independent teams the FIRST rules that allow them to participate are going to be nullified.
Should (school or) non-school teams that happen to occupy a patch of dirt in one state be told by FIRST, and by FIRST's local agent, that they are forbidden to participate in their home state ,and that they are forbidden to compete elsewhere?
None of this was necessary.
And I'm still curious to see any figures that show what's been described so far is getting more bang for the buck than alternatives that start with a clean sheet of paper.
Blake
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