Thread: Cheering, standing ovations, and required team actions during matches and awards
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Re: Cheering, standing ovations, and required team actions during matches and awards
1. Every team, regardless of what accomplishments they are/aren't recognized for, deserves a standing ovation. I still remember that I gave a standing ovation to team 383 during their rookie year at the Midwest regional because I realized that they not only put the time and effort into building their robot, but also put the time and effort into coming to another country to compete with it. In the end, they won a good number of their matches. This year, they came back better than ever by winning 2nd place at the Midwest Regional.

2. It doesn't conflict in anyway with Gracious Professionalism. Heck, I'm sure Grandmothers would be proud to see their grandchildren showing respect and support for another team, regardless of whether the two teams were opponent's in matches or not.

In my opinion, if you cannot show the respect that any team deserves, whether they are a rookie or not, then I don't see a reason for you to be in this program where, as I said before, Gracious Professionalism is something to be taken very seriously.
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