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Re: FIRST Championship: Made for TV?

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Originally Posted by ClaudiaL View Post
Aside from having the Championship televised live, I think it would be cool to have a type of documentary that could be televised on cable TV (e.g. on Discovery Channel). They could go to teams' schools and interview the kids and maybe even visit during build season to check up on the students' progress as well as maybe give behind-the-scenes looks about what it takes to make these competitions happen. They could do a few teams, like a rookie team and some more well established teams. I don't know, to me it seems that that would be the easiest way to affect more people. Before I participated in FIRST my parents and relatives had no big interest in watching the competitions, it was only after they saw how much of an effect FIRST has on students that they became really interested. I think it would be cool for America to see the entire build process as well as the Competitions. This would give people a better understanding of FIRST as well as a better understanding of the game before they watch any competitions. I know this thread was created to discuss live broadcasts, but here are my two cents anyway .
The thread Discovery Channel Canada profiles Team 188 is about a series of short segments (5 min) on Team 188 (Blizzard, Woburn) last year. Post #15 in that thread has a video link to one of these segments with some very nice background on FIRST as well as their performance in the GTR. These kinds of segments would be perfect to insert between live match coverage to introduce the public to the "behind-the-scenes" world of FIRST and the benefit of FIRST.
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