Thread: "We Are the Champions" and GP?
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Unread 12-08-2007, 01:02
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Re: "We Are the Champions" and GP?
Hearing "We Are The Champions" after a victory is probably one of my favourite FIRST moments. The song has such historical significance in North American sports, that it's hard not to feel important and celebrated when it plays. FIRST is about celebrating Science and Technology. I definitely want to keep hearing a song that celebrates the teams that win our events. These teams deserve every minute of celebration and recognition that they can get.

Now, I've been on the losers side of the coin. Hearing WATC after a loss isn't exactly fun. But each time I've heard it after a loss, it's made me do two things:
1. Feel happy for the winners, knowing what a great feeling they must be having at that moment.
2. Inspires me to work that much harder next time, to ensure that I'm hearing the song from winner's circle.

So the song makes me recognize the champions, and inspires me to work harder. Sounds like a decent combination to me.

I would hate to see the day come where we downplay the celebration of victory to lessen the burn of defeat. I know there's more to FIRST than just winning on the field, but there's still a competition out there with winners and losers. As long as any sort of celebrating doesn't demean the losers, and is done with class, I see no reason to do away with it.
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