[Mike Martus]

Often each year there are media opportunities that arise at the last second. One such event happened with our team in New York(I think 2000). Four robots left the competition and were featured on Good Morning America (set up the night before and filmed the morning of). Each team provided two students to demo and drive. I was the only adult and was in charge of the robots ( I was a guard ) to make sure they were not damaged during transport. FIRST delayed the Saturday start time to allow robots time to return after the TV segment.

Soooo, it is quite common and FIRST is very careful to make sure no team gains an advantage.

You grab every media opportunity you get to spread the word of FIRST.