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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery
I don't think the point of FIRST was to entirely replace athletics, and I don't think that FIRST should ever replace athletics. By saying people need to re-evaluate their priorities for supporting athletics over FIRST, your essentially saying that athletic teams should be put in the same shoes many of these struggling FIRST teams are in (or more to the point, not exist, as many school don't have FIRST teams but do have athletics)...
...To say that any society that funds athletic programs over FIRST needs to reorganize their priorities is a dramatic view.
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I totally agree that athletics are beneficial and shouldn't (and will never be) completely replaced by FIRST. Both should be availiable to inspire people to do things they want to do. I do though, as dramatic as it may be, think that priorities do need to be re-evaluated. Of course sports have value in society, but I think that's also part of the issue. Things like FIRST promote the value in things other than sports and popular culture which sometimes gets lost in today's society. The point is that I think priorities need to be looked at because science and technology, and the people behind it should have more value.