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Originally Posted by waialua359
I guess it shows that while winning in professional sports almost guarantees a visit to the White House, FIRST Robotics amongst other great educational programs have a long ways to go in what should be celebrated in our country.
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Mixing apples and oranges. As good as FRC is, it's still not a [inter]nationally-recognized professional robotics competition. Your comparison would be more like the winner of the USYSA (soccer) national tournament getting a standing invite to the White House. That's a little different from MLB, NHL, NFL or NBA.
Although it does say something about our cultural emphasis on sports, we still have to realize that there are dozens or hundreds of educational contests that could be recognized by the President. I'd rather he used his valuable time to run the country, straighten out the financial mess, and budget for STEM opportunities like
FIRST.