[Boydean]

The downtime issues can be easily solved if FIRST spent any amount of money on a decent web host. Most web hosts now a days can handle the volume that is the kickoff day.

Then again, even if they did have a host who can handle the load nothing can prevent a poorly optimized website from crumbling on its foundations. I'm not saying that the FIRST site is poorly optimized...

On another note; I always thought how cool it would be to have a FIRST Google doodle for either kickoff or Championships. Although according to previous posters this might be out of the question.