[EricH]

I think they already do have somewhat of a deal with AM--field rentals and much of the KOP robot go through AM. Why? Because if FIRST uses it, maybe FIRSTers doing other projects (BattleBots, home-built pitching machines, etc) of that nature decide they want to go with FIRST product X for aspect Y of a project. Right now, they just go to AM--and AM can advertise FIRST to people who just sort of "wander in" looking for something else. Win-win. Why change that?