FIRST Nationals on "Regular" TV

[Joel J]

Originally posted by seanwitte
Dave didn't say that it IS an elite organization, just that when it started it was INTENDED to be. All he did was point out that the statement:

Ackkk that was never the original intent of the program. It's intention was to get the people who would have never really had a chance to participate and get interested in science and technology.

is incorrect. Maybe thats the the situation now, but apparently that wasn't how it started.

I thought this thread was supposed to be about putting FIRST on TV. I think it would be challenging to broadcast the competition and make it interesting. Plus then you'll get the BotBall and RoboCup teams wanting their airtime too. Getting a segment on one of the news magazines would be a good way to get some exposure without overdoing it.

Since this post was right after mine, I just want to point out that I didn't say Dave referred to FIRST as an elite organization. In fact, I referred to the general mood of the posts in this thread and did not mention any names. This post may or may not have been pointed at me, but I thought I should just make that clear .