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And an Extreme League of their own...
Posted by Joe Johnson, Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.

Posted on 4/12/99 7:51 PM MST


In Reply to: Re: Implementation Suggestion posted by Raul on 4/11/99 9:44 PM MST:



The idea of multiple FIRST catagories is really going to get some folks all riled up. So, I am going to steer clear of that hornet's nest just now,

BUT...

The idea of various competition levels brings up my absolute FAVORITE idea, which is a FIRST Extreme League.

We're talking a Pro League with teams of full time engineers, high salaries, spills, chills and thrills.

This is the kind of thing that would spin off personalities that really would get on Oprah, Letterman and Leno.

As to drivers, I propose that only Ph.D's with a P.E. license be allowed to drive the robots. Sound reasonable to me ;-)

By the way, a competitive cycling team trying to win the Tour de France spends over $1M every year. I think a NASCAR team or a CART team spends closer to $5M.

If we can make the competition easy enough to understand and exciting enough to watch, I think that Cheerios & Dominos as well as Delphi & Visteon might consider funnelling some of their advertisement dollars toward the FIRST Extreme League.

Hey... It could happen.

Joe J.


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