[waialua359]

Originally Posted by tjf

In my honest opinion, using FIRST and FRC at the Olympics is the exact opposite end goal of both events.

The Olympics are a set of events to show off the vast physical and strategic prowess of the athletes, some of which spend their entire lives practicing and training.

FIRST and FRC are a set of events with the goal of training people to be smart, talented, and well rounded individuals. The only way (personally) I'd like to see FRC at the Olympics would be if a team helped build equipment or a technology that enabled athletes to come back / go to the special Olympics. (Long story in short, enablement through technology)


On Growing FIRST ==>
What FIRST and FRC need is just a small fraction of the televised attention of the Olympics for the competition. Back when FRC was on ESPN that served as a way to get "the populous" or people who might never do FRC otherwise to become aware of it. The closest thing I can think of is to partner with Twitch in the coming years, to get the Champs on the homepage. One small thing they might do would be ask the F4 people to run the stream, though I don't think FIRST would ever allow students to directly represent them in a semi-televised / livestreamed event.

Looking at you @Sperkowski!

I'd argue that in addition to the goals you mentioned for Olympic athletes, the goals of FIRST also applies to them as well. Not either or.

I grew up with a good friend that was a silver olympic medalist in Judo. He is the embodiment of your definition of what FIRST goals are, while training for the Olympics back then.