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Both of our mentors are paid extra. I don't know how much they are paid but I know there is compensation.
In my school the football coaches get paid a lot but it's because it's what the town wants. Not what the superintendent wants. Our superintendent is the one that started the team and continues to support it.
Also my school doesn't charge for games is that something thats common. I could imagine that they could pay for the program by charging for entry. I know a big part of our lacrosse program is paid for by a college game played on our field (our lacrosse program is bigger then our football program).
Overall if public wants robotics as much as football I'm sure this would be completely opposite.
I feel like First will only get to that point if competitions occur more often. Football is a 1-2 game per week sport so people become invested in it by going to all the games. First is a 1-3 event "sport".
It's a similar thing with men's gymnastics. It's only on TV a few times per year and most people have no idea what's going on so it continues to not have much public interest.
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