[Koko Ed]

I think what it comes down to is a question of priorities. What are you getting out of this? To many getting that plastic trophy is everything and when they are denied they obviously react. Look at the portal and you can see numerous "best of..." popularity threads and look in numerous sigs in the threads to see the awards listed like a catoaouge.
I would like to see teams proudly list how they expanded FIRST in their community. How they effected their school and community at large. Have a link to their Chairman's Award submission and Woodie Flowers award nominiee. There is so much more to this than just the awards.
Ask not what FIRST can do for you but what you can do for FIRST.