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Originally Posted by Dave Flowerday
I'm really surprised that the state of Texas (apparently) is choosing to send that money to an out-of-state organization when there's the comparable VRC program that is run by a local Texas business which has all of the same goals as FRC/FTC and as a bonus supports jobs in Texas and tourism by holding their World Championship in Dallas. Seems like the VRC choice would have been a much better PR choice for local politicians.
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Also considering how much easier it is to have a sustainable VRC program than it is to have a sustainable FRC program. Teams with few mentors or teachers and only hand tools can be successful in VRC with only the $5000 the state is currently using to pay FRC reg fees, while those same teams would be competing hard against each other for limited sponsors, mentors, machining, and generally be of a less "competitive" quality than they would in FRC.
New teams are great, but sustaining old teams is greater...