15-04-2008, 15:50
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Curmudgeon
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Join Date: Jun 2001
Rookie Year: 1996
Location: Herndon, VA
Posts: 3,176
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Re: Sad day, FIRST now FIRLP
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Originally Posted by fredliu168
I don't know about you, but I personally think $275 is a very reasonable price for the FTC program. Think about how they have to pay the GDC, FIRST affiliates, etc... I don't think $275,000 (rounding up the total teams), is actually enough to pay the expenses of running an operation like FTC. I personally think that without FRC, the registeration of the FTC program would increase immensely to maintain the same quality.
That being said, I don't mind FIRST striking a deal with lego as long as the registeration price remains around $275.
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Wait a minute - the GDC and the affiliates get PAID??? FIRST has been holding out on me! I want my check!!!
(yeah, you might want to check your facts first before making posts like that)
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