[BB] Bills Blog 07/08/11

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Soon t-ball participation awards will be bigger than the FRC World Championship winner award

My understanding is that FIRST only actually pays for awards for the championship event and each regional is left to pay for their own awards. Someone feel free to correct me if that's wrong.

If that is the case, FIRST would be saving what, maybe $2,000 by chintzing out even more than they already have over the last 3 years? In the process they piss off nearly everyone. That makes perfect sense.

Sponsors, school administrators, etc all want to see the accomplishments of a team to justify giving them more money and support. The unfortunate reality is that the number one way of doing this is to show them a bunch of big old trophies. Every year the trophies get smaller it becomes less impressive to outsiders and those who only have a cursory knowledge of the program.

Yet again FIRST presents us with a "would you rather we poke you in the eye or kick you in the shins, and then charge you $6,000" scenario. Every year it costs more and more to get the same amount of value the kit/event contained 5 years ago (though we have gotten more matches, which is fantastic).