What can FIRST do to increase FRC team sustainability?

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Originally Posted by gblake

The strongest fortress will crumble in short order if it is built on sand.

Putting strong foundations in place *before* building FRC teams will probably increase the FRC teams' survivability.

Advising potential rookies to walk before running, or even making forming an FRC team the *second* step in a formal multi-season process might be an improvement.

We have CSA.
We have Lead Mentors outside of teams.

We should have more training for team mentors.
Perhaps a pool of resources to help specifically support key mentors that are drowning.
It is far too easy to get into something far larger than you think it is.