[Cory]

I fail to see any possible way this is a good thing.

Does anyone think we will see reduced entry fees from this? No, we will see the same entry fee as always, and us not receiving a new system every year will allow FIRST to subsidize the vastly increased cost of the cRIO relative to the IFI system. In the end we pay the same as we did for the IFI system, but get less.

So much for all the teams who like to have multiple operational robots (or make practice robots).

Pretty poor attempt at a spin job, if you ask me.