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Re: We need your Pros and Cons
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Originally Posted by RyanHP View Post
The pros and cons of making robotics a sport are that the pros are that there are no direct impacts to anything, just that the students who participate can say they are in a sport and that the robotics team can get more attention from the school/county to possibly get more funding and students. The cons are none, there isn't any real reason for it to be bad for it to become a sport, the school might just have to fund it a tad bit.
I wouldn't say there are no cons. For teams that have a 501c3, I do not know how their relationship with it would be affected. I imagine it would differ by school. It is also sometimes nice to be ignored because you can get away with some stuff you otherwise wouldn't be able to.
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