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Originally Posted by Kingofl337
I don't believe FIRST knew about this issue until right before kick off and didn't have time to react to the news that they were discontinued.
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Define "right before." I talked to someone from GDC at kickoff and they knew about it. My guess is that FIRST has known for at least a week but has been trying to figure out a way to fix it without alerting people to the nature of the balls.
This is something that happens with FIRST routinely. Remember all the fuss in 2003 about the storage bins? And then how hilariously overstocked WalMart was with bins in 2004, and how furious they got?
FIRST needs to take over the wholesale redistributing of their game pieces. Obviously this has a lot of attendant problems and is not the most efficient way to run things. However, it A) keeps stuff like this from happening, B) is the only thing that will work if FIRST truly grows to varsity level, and C) would be in keeping with Dean's message about positive social change to keep people from patronizing WalMart (but that's getting political...)