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Re: FIRST has $8 Million?!? What did I miss?

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Originally Posted by wilsonmw04 View Post
This could all be sour grapes. I am rather shocked how quickly folks will jump on the "bash FIRST" bandwagon without looking at the source.
Wilson, I completely understand and don't blame you at all. I will most likely stop volunteering for FIRST after this year, but I currently help run an FLL and FTC tournament and won't step away until I know someone is taking over. I'm not a Woodie Flowers winner, but I am known in the FIRST community around here and most would be very surprised to see me question or challenge FIRST. I never do in front of the kids and I have been biting my tongue a long time.

I can assure you, the Lego FIRST agreement is real and has surprised many. I was just as surprised as you when I learned of it, and I was at the meeting where some others very directly questioned FIRST management about it. They weren't eager to disclose it, but to their credit they did not want to lie to us. The FIRST Director of Programs and another staff member both admitted to us that the deal with Lego was in fact real and the fees for FTC(FVC then) could not be lowered to a more reasonable rate because of that agreement. I was as stunned as it seems you will feel when you learn FIRST will not deny they made such a deal with Lego. I felt FIRST had betrayed the FVC schools and, to be honest, the mission of FIRST.
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