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Originally Posted by Protronie
First students train just as hard if not harder than most football players, racers, or any other athlete your likely to find.
Their training is just more mental than physical.
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By that criteria, engineering and surgery are sports. Along with most any other profession and many hobbies.
FIRST has sport-like qualities: the competition to be sure. But how many times have you heard that the best thing about sports is the character building that goes on?
FIRST has that too.
That doesn't make it a sport, any more than the teamwork, dedication and effort make playing in a symphony orchestra a sport.
Let's leave it at what it is - a great tool for inspiration and learning. With a heck of a lot of fun along the way.