Student lettering in FRC

[Carolyn_Grace]

Originally Posted by sgreco

A tomato is still the exact same tomato whether you classify it as a fruit or a vegetable. People seem to get offended when others deny that FIRST is a sport, and my point is more that it doesn't matter. Belonging to the classification of "sport" doesn't make FIRST better. FIRST is still the same great program no matter how you choose to classify it.

I'm not saying it's bad to call it sport, I'm just questioning if it matters. Some people seem to think it is a necessity to the advancement of the program to have it classified as a sport, and I don't.

It doesn't particularly matter to me personally, but earning a varsity letter is outside the premise this debate.

Varsity letters are given out for many many different things these days besides just athletics. Like someone else pointed out: Marching Bands and Choirs often award varsity letters, and many schools award them for high academics as well.

When a student earns a varsity letter, it is then socially acceptable to get a varsity jacket to go along with it. So for many students, if their main extra-curricular activity is robotics, it would be a huge bummer to not have the chance to get a varsity jacket.