Battlebots Update

[Joe Matt]

Originally posted by BSMFIRST
<<Now people know why I don't like Battlebots.>>
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Don't think that Dean wouldn't do the same in their situation.

And don't think when they say "capitalize" that they're speaking about money. The owners of BattleBots are also long time competitors and that is reflected in how they run the competition. In the first paragraph you can see what they want:

"....we are tirelessly working on ways to gain exposure for our sport"

Is this not exactly what Dean does for FIRST during every interview he has? I for one, do not know why that email illustrates your dislike of BattleBots.

Dan

Simple. They didn't mean that they would go to schools and show the great ideas behind science and technology. It's money. Capitilizing, sure it can mean not using money, but bad news. It dosn't mean that. I read the whole letter and see this, "BB is cool now. We have coverage comming out and we plan on using it to get more sponsors, a new TV show (wich sounds better that the old one), and get more rolayties for teams for more MONEY. Screw science and technology, we have money.

And, oh yeah, we like to teach kids things."

That's how I read it. You, differntly, but that's my sight.