Future First Championship News

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Originally Posted by Carolyn_Grace

My point is that 2, or even 3-4, HOF mentors do not speak for MANY or all of them, much less a high percentage of inspirational people in FIRST. Please beware of hyperbole. It creates false alarm and a hive mentality, something that ChiefDelphi usually already has an abundance of.

I like how you use accusing me of hyperbole to conveniently skirt the very next thing I say, where I suggest that this announcement making ANY mentors of that caliber question their involvement is scary.

I agree with you that one or two mentors does not a widespread opinion make.

Further, I agree that they are far from a high percentage of the inspirational people in FIRST.

Certainly, there are inspirational people at every step of the FIRST programs, however, the super-elite teams, and the mentors that make them tick (people like Jared and Cory), account for a disproportionate share of the inspiration, both directly through their own personal actions, and indirectly through the actions of their teams and the teams that they mentor, and therefore their opinions should be considered to have more weight when it comes to future ways the program will inspire. If they're not fully on-board, its a potentially massive problem that can jeopardize the very thing that getting more teams to CMP tries to achieve.