[jreneew2]

I think what FIRST really needs to do to make it "go pro" is get a reliable audience outside of other frc teams. No one I have met really knows what FIRST is other thab people who have been on first teams.

A couple of things that might promote this:
- Better webcasts, who wants to watch a 360p stream? Even the world championship was streamed with abysmal quality. Maybe if I knew what was going on I would be more interested.

- Better pr. I don't see any news articles in magazines, online, or anywhere even near world championships. Battle bots did this well.

It would be amazing to see millions of people all gathering around to watch a robotics competition online, in an arena. Even video games can pull that kind of audience. Why can't we?

This is just my two cents.
(Sadly I don't see the above happening because you need money for that)