Loss of Gracious Professionalism Among First Teams

[Koko Ed]

When new teams come into FIRST it's mostly because of the competition and the Robots. Which meansmany of them see a high school Battlebots (Flame me all you want but the general public is pretty ignorant about hwat FIRST stands for and thinks they're battlebots first and I'm sure many of them could give a $@#$@#$@#$@# about the Chairman's award or gracious professionalism and see just an opportunity to put a bunch of trophys on their mantle)and think the whole point of this is to win at all costs.
Before money so heavily saturated it into the monstosity it has become sports used to be about giving your all and being a good sport. Not anymore. Theres a new scandal every week. Some other athlete doing something to bring shame to their profession. Coaches who cheat and are rewarded with a job at aother struggling program or team. You got parents who lose their mind at their kids baseball, hockey and football games and turn into soccer hooligans.
One has to wonder if FIRST is heading down this road with their need to rapidly expand and if it is it need to stop and turn back right now!