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Re: UNFAIR ADVANTAGE for CDI and new control system
Posted by Lora Knepper.
Student on team #69, HYPER, from Quincy Public Schools and The Gillette Company.
Posted on 12/15/99 3:05 PM MST
In Reply to: Re: UNFAIR ADVANTAGE for CDI and new control system posted by Greg Mills on 12/5/99 10:06 AM MST:
I'm torn in between on this issue. CDI participants should not be getting an advantage over the rest of us, the kickoff should be the starting point for ALL teams. However, if Innovation First feels testing in neccesary on the control units, they should be distributed to ALL teams, not just those able to attend the CDI. I think Mr. Mills went a bit too far in saying that FIRST cannot ever level the playing field, and we should learn to live with it. Yes, this is a competition, and a lot is at stake, but more than that, it is an EXPERIENCE, a chance to do something incredible with hundreds of other teams across the nation. We shouldn't lose sight of that, even in the heat of competiton. CDI has an unfair advantage? Fine then show the ability of you team, by proving you don't need an advantage to build a superior machine. Let's forget this nonsense, and remember that in all of the hundreds of teams, we are really only one team. The FIRST team.
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