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Originally Posted by Ogre
They didn't, however, win the Championship Chairman's in '04. So in '05 they re-submit to the Magnolia regional. How is any team supposed to compete with them? If they were given the award because of their outstanding team history, they will always have a year up on everyone else. As long as they keep up their program, they will always be ahead of everyone.
Team Blueabot also does a great job spreading FIRST by helping rookie FRC teams, helping FLL teams, and doing community service. Team Bluebot doesn't have the resources to host an off-season comp, or travel to another regional. How are they supposed to compete with Team Redabot? Until Redabot wins the Championship Chairman's, it seems almost hopeless for Blueabot.
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The Chairman's award is an award to recognize the team at a regional that has done the most outstanding job of promoting robotics education and the spirit of FIRST. It's an award for the best and therefore I feel if redateam continues to work as hard as they can and expand there robotics outreach, they should deserve to win the chairmans award in 05 at the magnolia regional even though they won it the previous year. Its unfortunate for Blueateam because they are always at a finnancial and historical disadvantage when compared to redateam. FIRST does have other awards that recognize teams for there efforts in this field, such as Engineering Inspriration and Judges Awards... I'm sure blueateam would be dissappointed not winning chairmans year after year, but just like in all competitions somebody has to win the big prize, and somebody wont win it. It's a let down yes, but if Redateam deserves to win based on their outreach, they should win, regardless of past year's awards.