Thread: Convincing athlete to commit to robotics?
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Unread 16-07-2016, 19:22
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Originally Posted by Poseidon5817 View Post
I think one of the best arguments you could make to him would be regarding his future as a whole. You said the basketball team isn't very good, so you could probably say that robotics will be better towards his career as a whole. You could even get him to try and introduce his father and girlfriend to FRC as well.

Source: Have seen similar situations

+1. I more or less agree with this but I have some questions. Is his basketball talent drawing interests from colleges and the like? If so and he has scholarship offers and things like that I would stick with basketball. Otherwise FRC will probably benefit him more in the future.
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