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Originally Posted by Ken Patton

Welcome!

I hope FIRST reads this. You have some great observations, and if we are to become a spectator sport some day, these things will have to happen.

I know its not going to be cheaper or easier to do it, but could you imagine a more multimedia event, where there is an additional screen in the arena listing the stats: a team info page, a current rankings page, a FYI page, etc...

Of course, the students are already way ahead of us here. When I was at Buckeye, I saw a student from 1126 use her iPhone to bring up the realtime rankings. Then she schooled me on the rules - again displaying on her phone - when I incorrectly described the definition of hurdling (thanks for the eduction Liz)!

When you go to a baseball game (btw its opening day!), there are often trivia questions, etc. on the big screen. Maybe FIRST could do a couple of canned trivia questions to help educate the spectators between matches.

Ken

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