Are all girl FIRST team counterproductive to the philosophy of FIRST?

[mwtidd]

Originally Posted by Lledargo

I cannot disagree with you, FIRST teams have a lot of liberty and that is a wonderful thing, however an exclusive team is counterproductive, and should be discouraged.

Also remember that when FIRST discourages or encourages something it is almost always viewed as FIRST law. I think this is why FIRST has been very particular on what is suggests is proper for FIRST teams. Anti-GP is the only thing I can think of that has been discouraged. By discouraging exclusive teams, you would essentially put anti-gp and exclusive teams on the same level. In FIRST you don't need a mandate for something to be viewed as law. Where there is a clear and blatant divide in the polls, meaning neither side is right, I think that the best thing FIRST can do is do nothing. I hope FIRST continues to stay away from an inter-organization political agenda.

I don't think the bigger issue is the rightness or wrongness of exclusive teams, but rather or not we want FIRST to begin ruling on what is and isn't ethical. We don't need parties in FIRST, they already make enough of a mess in the US.