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Extreme League in on one one of the continuum
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 8/23/2000 8:42 PM MST


In Reply to: Pro-League posted by Splash on 8/23/2000 5:14 PM MST:



The Extreme League I am proposing would no more be a competitor to the current FIRST league than pro sports are competitors to the NCAA & highschool sports.

They are not competitors so much as complements.

FIRST Lego League -> FIRST Highschool Only League (yet to be formed) -> FIRST (the current league Partnerships between HS & sponsors) -> FIRST Extreme League (yet to be formed)

Each league builds on the other. No teams from the current FIRST competition would be forced into the Extreme League. As to who would enter, I think it could be handled in a number of ways. As an example, pro motorsports seems to have this problem figured out. We could probably steel some of the pages out of their rule book.

To my way of thinking, the whole point of FIRST is to change the culture using engineering competitions to inspire the general population. I see this continuum of robotics leagues as playing an important role in accomplishing that goal.

By the way, how many Formula 1 racing teams are there? I think it is under a couple dozen. I can easily see 24 Fortune 500 companies deciding to join a pro-level FIRST league if it is done right.

I am not crazy. I believe that the world I long for really can be made to exist. I work for it everyday. Perhaps we will get there soon.

Joe J.


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