I would like to go back to a point Cody C made that I really relished. He said...
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I have a feeling that a lot of us here in FIRST only want to consider this a sport so that we can check the little box on a survey that says “I Participate in a high-school athletics program." And pat ourselves on the back for being "just as good" as the football, or basketball players. I won't hold myself to those standards, because I don’t play in a sport, and I am not an athlete. Truth is... We, being children of FIRST, have a much better chance of succeeding in life while doing what we want to be doing than a football player does. Tell me a sport that 3 teams have to band together to win... show me a sport that the athletes are as friendly with their opponents as they are their allies.
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Most of the colleges I am applying to probably don't care that much if Robotics is a sport or not a sport. Nor does my employer, and nor does my school. FIRST brings a different set of skills to an individual and a group than sports do...and I would rather have allies in FIRST any day.