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The Team That Bill Built...

The possibility of Beatty not being at the Championship Event has been crystalized some of my thoughts on this subject. And so, I give you the following rant:

Do not think for one minute that Beatty will not be at the Championships!

As proof of my sincerity in this matter, I will accept all wagers on the following sucker bet... ..er ah... ...proposition:

I will bet even odds (one 12 can case of Mt. Dew to one 12 can case of any other soda) that The-Team-That-Bill-Built, Team 71, will compete at the 2004 FIRST Championships.

Any takers?

But beyond this, even if my predictive powers are not up to the standards of the Great Kar Nak (spelling?), the world will not stop revolving on its axis... ...really.

If Beatty or Wildstang or Buzz or Bombsquad or Rage or Kingman or Cheesy Poofs or even a REALLY essential team like Chief Delphi ;-) fail to make it to the Championships, FIRST WILL GO ON!

Does the NCAA require that Duke make it to the Dance of 65? Does Miami and Nebraska ALWAYS have to be near the top of the BCS ranking?

I think that FIRST has done a pretty good job trying to have their actions match their Mission.

And, by the way, their Mission is not to run a fair robot competition -- the robot competition is the means to an end, which is changing society. Judged by this standard, I think the new method of getting to the Championships is a step in the right direction.

Specifically, it balances our desire to have the Championship Event include the best robots with FIRST's desire to incentivize the vast majority of teams that will never be FIRST power houses AND ALSO reward teams for Chairman's Award type behaviour.

It is a tough job but I think FIRST has made a good decision.

Joe J.
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