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Mr.B. Master Pot Stirrer...
Posted by Joe Johnson.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]
Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.
Posted on 6/8/99 7:35 PM MST
In Reply to: invitationals/nationals posted by michael bastoni on 6/6/99 6:39 PM MST:
Hey Mike,
Always stirring the pot, aren't you?
I do agree that the way forward is to have an invitation only Nationals that is sufficiently prestigeous to inspire kid regardless of the location.
By the way, I was flipping channels over the weekend and I came accross two competitions that were on ESPN2 that give me hope of some serious TV time for FIRST, The Sport.
The World's Strongest Man competition and Xtreme Bicycling. Both had games that were stranger, harder to follow, harder to judge, etc. AND Both had order of magnitude smaller crowds that we have in FIRST.
With the right production help, we could easily beat these sports in the TV game.
An invitation only Nationals is a necessary step to getting on TV in my opinion and TV is a necessary step to the cultural change that is central to mission of FIRST.
So...
Let's make 2000 the year FIRST takes this important step.
Joe J.
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