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Re: Silliest Rule Ever by FIRST!!
Posted by Gary Bonner at 2/9/2001 12:25 PM EST


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In Reply to: Re: Silliest Rule Ever by FIRST!!
Posted by soap108 on 2/8/2001 1:58 PM EST:



I don’t think that divisions based on sponsorship are a good idea, for a couple of reasons. First, just like athletics, the newer, less experienced teams benefit by competing with the more experienced teams. The purpose of FIRST is to stimulate high school student’s interest in science and technology, not to win a competition. And we should be attempting to reach as many students as possible.

Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, as more and more schools start participating, the available sources of funding will get used up. The cooperation on the playing field will be replaced in the off season by competition for sponsors (another situation in which experienced teams have an advantage). Sure this is happening already, but things will get worse as more schools join. And if the economy is slowing, as the news reports seem to indicate, the availability of sponsorship money will decrease. Keeping in mind the objective of FIRST, how is the limited pool sponsorship money best spent?

While I don’t think that this rule really does anything to level the playing field (in fact it makes us waste money), I don’t think that the solution is divisions based on financing.



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