Bills Blog- Yes, I’m already counting down to kickoff 2012

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I'm sorry to those that feel that FTC deserves some spotlight in the dome but I watched their finals matches while giving a tour and MAYBE sixty people including my fifteen person tour group watched those finals. It was sad, honestly if that's how many people regularly watch FTC they could do it in a small area of the pits with half the bleachers. Either something was off or FTC has almost no viewers.

FRC is the flagship competition. It is the "varsity sport of the mind", while giving VIP tours I can tell you that only one group wanted to see FTC really and that was an FLL team before they saw FRC and ran over to watch it. FRC has higher cost, rewards, and an overall experience. Having fields in the pits made it congested and loud, as well as dangerous. While inspecting (I had a busy week) I could hardly hear some teams in their pit. Keep FRC on center stage where we belong, let FTC have their smaller stage as they are mini-FRC. Let FRC stay where it had for the past 19 years up until this one.

As someone who loves FIRST I understand wanting to show off FTC and make them feel special and integrated, but it can be done in safer better ways.