Thread: What makes FRC a sport?
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Re: What makes FRC a sport?
Some of you have asked, "why does it matter?".

While it doesn't matter to me as I participate in both traditional sports (swimming & golf) and robotics (FRC and VEX IQ as a coach), it does matter to some State organizations.

In Texas, for example, UIL has two distinct classifications: UIL Athletics and UIL Academics. FRC is currently considered an Academic UIL activity and not a sport, as some may think.

Some of us believe it should be part of UIL Athletics, but the State disagreed.

This is but one example. There could be more.
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