Is there some source of information that I haven't heard about that says explicitly that FIRST is completely moving away from vEx and creating a kit that WILL cost $1000+ per team? I've only seen a post about the possible new system in a blog that gave no specifics regarding the game and robot rules. Has this been released yet? It seems to me that people are jumping to conclusions with no factual support.
I don't believe FIRST would so blindingly destroy a great competition such as this simply because they wanted a platform change. I'm sure a lot of thought has gone into the effects of said change, more than has been released at this time.
EDIT: I just read up the new post on
the blog and saw that FIRST is taking steps to ensure money spent in previous years is not lost.