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Re: Everyone's A Winner?
The key question is: "What is a winner?"
If you define being a winner in terms of walking away from a competition with a medal or a trophy, then I thoroughly agree that not every team is, nor should be, a winner. The C in FRC is Competition, and the competition contributes to both inspiration and recognition.
On the other hand, when I compare the members of an FRC team who dedicated dozens or even hundreds of hours learning, building, iterating, writing, practicing, and generally being inspired to their classmates who stayed at home playing video games, watching the tube, or smoking dope, then YES! Every one who really participates in FRC is a winner. For many, this is at least as inspirational a message as the medal or trophy. It is a point we emphasize at our awards ceremony -- everyone who went the distance is a winner, though a minority of the team members received a specific award.
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