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Originally Posted by TechieSam
Why would Lego have any say in the fees charged for Vex or FRC in the first place!?!? Isn't it FIRST's job to look out for the best interest of the teams, not the for-profit partners?
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Everyone needs a bone thrown to them sometimes... It's business!
FIRST would not exist without for profit partners.
Look at most of the regionals out there. At one point almost every regional had a sponsor attached to the name. Some still do. Do you think our measly 6k registration fees could put up the cash for 41 regionals at ~150k a pop? With enough to run the every day operations of the program? And a rainy day fund? And to fund every little thing most people take for granted? The signs? Videos? Pictures? Brochures? Web site? Yes, these things all cost lots of money.