[Rick TYler]

I would like to see a fall FVC season as the "JV" program to FRC in the spring. We have quite a few students who even think they would rather work in 2-4 person teams on FVC projects than in a 25-person team on FRC. They are willing to trade off the larger excitement of FRC for a more collaborative, hands-on, and smaller-group experience of FVC. Also, it is a LOT more practical for teams that don't raise $25000 a year. If current costs hold true, it looks like you can field a competitive FVC robot for a tenth the cost of an FRC program.

FVC tournaments also fit in school gyms and smaller venues that FRC. Overall, I suspect that FVC will become the growth program in FIRST, and FRC will continue to appeal to big-bux teams with large, sophisticated mentor groups.

Or is this off-topic for this thread ...