Question of the Week!!! (8/4/04)

[Bcahn836]

In ten years I think FIRST will be even bigger than it is now with more than 2,500 teams in several countries all over the world, with competitions being held all over the world. The competitions would be based around solving an everyday problem in our lives. While still upholding the values of what FIRST is all about, FIRST will unite high school students all over the world to solve common engineering problems.

[tribotec_ca88]

FIRST in ten years???
Wow that's hard to say...

I think if FIRST kept a steady pace we could easily reach 2500 teams...however, the tendency is to "accelerate" so I imagine it would be well over 3000...
There's really no predicting, though. It all depends on how well this generation of students and teams can promote FIRST and spread the message...
I know that a lot has happened already in one year...there could possibly be a new FRC regional in Brazil in 2005, and that would definitely boost the process...

Well all we know for sure is that FIRST can only be heading one direction: forward. The question, really, is how quickly it will expand. Sooner or later there will be FIRST teams from nearly every country...and then robots will take over the world HAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH <> evil laugh <>

[JoeXIII'007]

FIRST in 10 years is going to bigger than the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, and all other sports organizations combined! Oh wait, it already is.

I see a more complex tournament structure (like that I explained in this link ), the regional competitions broadcasted locally and the nationals, well, broadcasted nationally. It's going to be great, and hopefully, when I start my own company based on science and tech, I'll be a sponsor.

[tiffany34990]

i really think that FIRST will be around in 10 years-- it's a great thing and yeah tons of more teams and it'll grow to have new stages how to get to the final final championship event-- it'll be tougher but in the end rewarding to those teams that make it

FIRST really is like a sport-- gonna be seen all over and teams are gonna face even more challenges --and i do feel that we'll get more teams later on from various more other countries--and then the countries might eventually perhaps not in 10 years but down the road have to battle it out against each other-- just image FIRST like the Olympics kinda of crazy to think but def. would be way awesome

but def. a more complex way to get to the finals-and more interesting challenges so Dean Kamen can keep giving us the homework

I think that FIRST will be huge in ten years. The teams and everything. hopefuly in Ten years everyone will know about FIRST and will want to be apart of it.

[Kyle Love]

In ten years I see FIRST being nearly twice as big as it is now, and having twice as many regionals. There would be more experienced teams out there due to FIRST alumni starting new teams where they live. More Corporate sponsorship will be given to more teams and there would be more of a TV audience. The matches would be shown live on a "big name" station so more people would watch them. Basically I am saying the public would care more about academic activities such as FIRST. Hopefully some of this stuff will happen in less then ten years.