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Re: Corporate fundraising

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Originally Posted by sanddrag
Actually I would tend to disagree. I don't see the teams who come in last every year getting the big bucks, but a lot of the teams who place highly do. Of course, maybe that is attributed to other factors. But anyway, Tide doesn't sponsor a Nascar and tell the drivers to go out there and have fun, they tell them to win. Unfortunately in many companies' and peoples' minds, winning is everything. And I'm not sure how to tell if that is their philosophy or not without straight out asking them (which I wouldn't do). Tell them your team's competition record if you have a good one, if not put even more emphasis on other aspects of the program.
Well, I guess we can agree to disagree, but in all the time I have been fundraising, nobody has ever asked me our win-loss record. However, corporations will quite often GRILL me on what the program is doing for the kids involved.

NASCAR is a very different situation.

If you do have a sponsor that is pushing you to win at all costs they are not in the spirit of FIRST. In the past we have parted company with sponsors that did not get this concept. If you sacrifice in the short term in favor of the goals of FIRST, you will attract the right partners and your team will be better off in the long run.
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