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Originally Posted by Koko Ed

The more involved he gets with robotics the more he'll realize the diffrences aren't all that wide.

I think that the ten specific differences he identified are real; and I think that until the culture changes, the gap will remain, if not increase.

That assumes that we guard the culture of our FIRST community and do not allow it to drift towards the closing of those gaps and continue to strive to live the values of Gracious Professionalism and Coopertition.

I am not at all disparaging sports; I am also a big fan. I also recognize that there are great coaches and programs in the world of sports which exemplify similar values.

The culture of the fan base is the target and I do not see the professional sports organizations adopting a focus on changing the culture of their fan base.

For me, this is an example of FIRST fulfilling its stated objective and perhaps a few of the readers will be influenced.

I shared it with this community so that we all could celebrate the success of having influenced the culture.