I agree with some of the posts that said that the award isn't a bad idea, just the implementation is broken.
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Originally Posted by IKE
As Dean says in his speeches, you will encourage the behaviors you reward.
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The main purpose of the award is to keep safety on everyone's mind. A very common industrial practice. Just telling people "do this, don't do this" doesn't work well. You need incentive. If you get rid of the award, safety practices go away. And not just at the competitions but during the build as well.
Let me challenge everyone here. FIRST is concerned about reducing safety incidents. For those who want to eliminate the award, how would you then encourage safe practices among the teams?