Keep FIRST in Michigan (FiM) from killing FIRST Lego League

[Sperkowsky]

Originally Posted by Madison

You don't see a difference between electing to implement programs in the same manner as someone else and being prohibited from implementing them differently?

I agree with FIM's structure to begin with and I think it's too late but I would vote on first themselves adopting it. Program overlaps never make much sense for instance.

I have a friend from gymnastics who goes to a school where they have a large frc program and 3 ftc programs. He was involved with ftc throughout middle school and loved it. Going into high school he continued ftc and expected to go to frc when the ftc season ended. However they got to the next round of competition. So now he has the option to go away from a program he has been doing for 3 years when they need it most or to graduate to the more advanced program to be a rookie member. With a lot of thinking he chose to do ftc for one last year. The next year he started with the same thing. Doing ftc and expecting to go to frc for the season. However the same thing happened. They made it to the next level and bam he had to choose ftc again once again missing out on the frc experience. This year I convinced him to come over to frc however now he is starting out doing frc as a junior. He lost 2 years of an experience that is much more intense, advanced and life changing. Not to say ftc isnt any of those things but it doesn't compare to frc.

That's where my view comes
from.