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Originally Posted by JohnBoucher
I abuse this. If a parent of a senior is on the field at a regional or championships, I give them the media badge to go out with their student. I feel that they should experience this. I ask them to make it look good. I'll even give them my camera. It's one of the few things I can do for the parents.
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I don't think that's an abuse of the system, especially if the parent is taking pictures. Isn't that kind of the point of media, to take close-up pictures of your team? So what if the pictures focus on one senior member of the team.
I personally somewhat used my position this weekend, and if it was wrong I apologize. After we finished up with FLL on Einstein on Thursday and Friday afternoons, I wandered over to Curie to see how my daughter's FRC team was doing. Thursday I talked to the queuer and found they weren't scheduled for over an hour, so I wandered back off and went to the stands. Friday the team was in the "on deck" area, so I went to speak with them for a moment, and then stood off to the side near the AV booth to watch the match. I don't see either as abuse of the system. Even though I was an extra person on the floor, not needing to be there, that was the only way I would have seen their match. After volunteering for 2 days, not being able to see them at all, I wanted to take advantage of my opportunity to see them once. Had I made a nuisance of myself, getting in the way of robot paths and such, I could see how that would be a problem. I don't think that's what we're talking about; it's just like having the parent use the media pass to get a closer view.