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Re: Vote to change the format of FIRST.

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Originally Posted by Michael Corsetto View Post
Because pursuing local companies, contacting them, organizing robot demonstrations at their facilities, inviting them to regional competitions, and placing their logo on your robot, T-shirts and banners is no work at all. The teams with 25k+ budgets didn't work for those sponsorships right? The money just fell in their laps?
I suppose writing on a piece of cardboard and sitting on a corner with a cup is also work.

The benefit of FIRST doesn't come from the competition. My company sponsors many teams each year, but we'd rather fund more teams than fund multiple regional trips.
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