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Originally Posted by Guyute
I would choose a National Championship over Chairman award I think that from winning nationals you get publicity and therefore helps with the Chairmans award. Now let me elaborate on this a bit more. Last year as I reacall team 111 Wildstang won nationals. Later that next week if I believe they were featured on the CBS Morning News(i think). From that I'm sure in their interview they mentioned where they were from. So here their city is getting nationally known and Wildstang is spreading the spirit of FIRST. I'm not against the chairmans award infact I love the award, but i think that you accomplish more for FIRST on a national level if you win the Championship. When is the last time a team the won the National Chairmans award was on National Television?
sorry if it sounds confusing i can elaborate more if needed.
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i have to agree 100% winning the national championship does more for first than national chairmans. Team 25 has been able to do more for first because of the national title. We love spreading the word of first. Please do not think i am trying to take anything away from the national chairmans (we go for it every year) but it does not spread the word of first better than national tv. For people who never heard of first before there is more instant gradification of hearing National Champaion than National Chairman and a hell of alot easier to explain. Another thing everyone one builds a robot to win.
NO ONE builds a robot to lose. Even if they know that they can not win that year they learn to become a better next year. Why even go to nationals with a robot if all you want to do is go for national chairmans.
shaun