[GMsNightmare]

*These are personal feelings, and do not relfect the opinins or feelings of any team*

It has been my experience that GM, monetarily, is a wonderful sponsor. I do not think a team could seriously ask for more money than they offer. However, with t his comes a flip side. GM's directive, from plant managers, right on up through the executives working in the Renaissance Center in Detroit, MI, is that GM teams will have a competitive robot. Unfortunatel, for many teams, this directive seems to bee detracting from the goal of FIRST. GM seems to be worrying less about inspiring students to learn, and more about beating other sponsors. They are looking for good press coverage. they seem to feel their students should be glorified mechanics, cheerleaders and nothing more. Our GM sponsor is not even willing to turn the decision of strategy over to the students. This is of great concern to me. how wide-spread is this problem? Oram I deluded and FIRST relaly isn't about inspiring students? Please, let me know. I will provide more details if you like.

~David