[ttldomination]

The sport, in a lose sense of the connotation of the word, which we have created is too strong to lose it's core values. Some of the new members which we get are a little rough around the edges and they do not realize the larger picture, but over time a sensibility develops and by the time someone has gone through his or her second or third year of robotics, it is instantly apparent that we're not here to win (although that's fun).

In 100 years I easily see the level of game play changing. It is becoming apparent now that newer teams are stepping up to the challenges and veteran teams have to keep up their game just to stay ahead. Imagine how much experience team 67 will have after 100 years!!!

And that doesn't mean rookies will fall behind. The alumni base is also expanding at an exponential rate and as we don't these alumni coming back right after high school, it'll be crazy after 6-7 years when these students are in a job and are really wondering what happened to their old robotics team.

FIRST cannot and in my opinion will not lose it's core values. The core values are just tied too deeply into what makes FIRST fun.