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Originally Posted by AdamHeard
FIRST just keeps cranking out more and more policies and speeches about starting new teams... It saddens me the disregard given to maintaining current teams.
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Yes, it's still starting new teams...but I think they're on to something here.
FTC teams are much less resource-intensive to start and to continue than FRC teams. If an FRC team was on the fence before about helping to start another team (and thus invariably dividing their own resources to an extent), then the FTC opportunity can help the new squad get a chunk of the FIRST experience without putting themselves in as much of a lurch. If, over time, the new team amasses the resources of their own to step up to the big show, then great. If not, they're still involved in FIRST at a level that would otherwise not be possible.
All team-sustaining worries aside, I see the upside here. (Whether it makes sense relative to competing in VRC I'll leave to those more familiar with both competitions; I've been out of that loop for a couple of years.)