Convincing athlete to commit to robotics?

[team-4480]

Hi!

We have a member that is currently at a crossroads. He enjoys playing basketball. He also very much enjoys robotics. The problem is that the times that we meet for robotics completely overlaps the basketball practice and game schedule except for a few days. We are an incredibly small team with an average of 2.7 people staying for robotics after-school and this person is a very talented and passionate mechanical member. So having another person every day would improve our robot quality output drastically. He and I are friends and have talked extensively about this and here are his reasons for basketball or robotics:

Stay in Basketball:
- Make father happy(his father enjoys watching basketball during the winter)
- His girlfriend is the student manager of the team
- He feels like he might disappoint the team if he leaves
- He enjoys it

Commit fully to Robotics:
- He is a Senior so this would be his last year as a student
- The basketball team isn't going anywhere(last year the record was 5-15)
- He could be an awesome driver if he stayed and practiced
- There is always the chance to go to St.Louis
- He loves building robots

I should mention that he already is helping as much as he can, but by leaving basketball, he would be able to help out much more.

I post this because I feel that someone in the vast Delphi community has had members with the same situation and I was wondering what you said to them to try to nudge them towards robotics. Ultimately, it is, of course, his decision but I want to make sure I highlight all the good things that could come of him committing fully to FIRST robotics next season. Any input would be greatly appreciated!