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Originally Posted by DanTod97
So because they can, they should. because thats apparently the way FIRST does things.
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If these teams were spending all of their time and resources on ONLY winning events, there might be a grain of validity to what you are alluding to here. However, these teams and many more like them who are perennial "winners" spend an awful lot of their time helping other teams out (mine included) all year long.
And let's look at the big picture. FIRST doesn't exist for it's own sake at all. Students carry skills and life experiences into school/job interviews, not trophies. We exist to try and provide a better future with an understanding of how technology, innovation, and invention can be utilized for creating more win-win scenarios in the world today. How on earth are we going to prepare the next generation to solve the world's most difficult problems in a socially conscious way by artificially setting the bar lower?
Woodie Flowers himself, perhaps the only person on the planet who has the kind of perspective required to really make these kind of "gp judgements" (although you'll never catch him doing it) says flat out that what we do is "not sticky sweet," instead he admits it's "...really, REALLY hard."