Disney Extortion!

[Ben Mitchell]

Wow, this has been the most heated debate on the Delphi boards EVER...

Personally, I think FIRST might be growing too large, too quickly. Last year, the Nat's were a mixed blessing, they were somewhat fun, but fustrating, due to the massive amounts of teams.

This year, that's being allieviated somewhat, but still, all rookies can go...


I'm not bashing rookies, but the nationlas are going to be LOADED with unexperianced teams.


I personally am intrigued with the idea that the nationals can be held in aother places (and Mickey does rip people off).

I think ill start a thread on that!

i have to agree with mike on the lack of publicity about FIRST..... i think its starting to go the other way though
this year the NYC regional was swarmed with media, cnn, cbs, and national geographic were there...... also isnt disney making a zoog movie about FIRST?

for now though, i have to say im sick of hearing "is it like battlebots?" as well

[Kyle Fenton]

The $75 only comes a burden when it is multiplied by an average of about 30 students, engineers, and other people directly related to first. $75*30 people is about $2,250. Ouch! What Disney has to realize is that students will have less money to buy stuff from them. Instead of buying Disney food they will probably go out to buy from somewhere else. Same goes for their malls and other small stores. That $75 could have been used as day pass for their parks. Would it make more sense to have more people, meaning more press, money, etc. Than to have less people, and less money to profit from. If only half a team comes than it would be the same money than if a full team gone and charged a more reasonable rate like $40.