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Re: New FIRST competition structure in Michigan

Art, I'm not trying to make this personal with you or anyone else. But I think that what several people are missing in this conversation is that something had to change, or teams would not be able to enter FRC, no matter how many resources they had. FRC is reaching capacity in Michigan. In order to allow additional teams to join in the near future, something had to change. Sure new teams could do VEX*. But then the same arguments come back - "It's not the same thing." "It's not as exciting." "Those little robots on a 12-foot arena in a gym aren't as inspiring as the big bots in an arena."

The other thing this pilot hopes to do is address a major concern that has been raised by many teams over the years - the cost. It appears that it lowers the initial cost from $6000 to $5000, and then gives teams more for that money - two competitions instead of one. Plus with more competition sites, less travel expenses.

I'm not rubber-stamping anything. I had no hand in putting any of this together, and if I had there would be aspects that I would be questioning. I think though that I can trust the crew that had a hand in it, that they are acting in good faith. I also think that I can trust that if this doesn't work out, it will be modified to make it work or given up and something else will be found. Something had to change. Let's see if this is a good solution or not.

Gary

* Don't even get me started on why they can't do FTC in "certain states like Michigan".
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