Will IT influence the future of FIRST?

[OtakuRob]

I can see all the publicity, whether to FIRST or not, will do either two things.. Either get more attention, or piss many, many people off.. That's about the only thing the media is good at.. The fact is that Dean will more than likely bring FIRST up as background info, it is a big part of what he's done for the future of this country and definately worth mentioning.. As for drawing attention away from Battlebots, I highly doubt it will happen.. Every time I've had to explain what FIRST is, I've found the way most people understand it is to compare it to Battlebots, if that is possible.. My thoughts are that things are gonna either blow up into a media-frenzy, or just be business as normal.. I'm sure we've all seen people criticizing(sp?) Dean for his promotion of FIRST, but who cares?? Dean will be Dean, and FIRST will always be the future of robotic competitions.. We Americans are fickle, and sooner or later we will get tired of mindless violence.. Hopefully sooner than later...