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Re: How big will FIRST ever get?

FIRST can eventually be in every high school. Some others here have mentioned that it could eventually be like football and in the schools, others have mentioned that the cost would be a large problem, which it would but take a moment to think about this.

The average football team has about 25 kids on it. The personalized football helmets cost (with padding and upkeep) $75.00 a piece, pads run around $75.00 also, then you have shoes $50.00, practice gear (jersey, pants) $30.00. Right now it's $230.00 a kid. Multiply that by 25 and get $5750.00 a team. Our school (Rolling Meadows High School in Illinois) has five teams (Frosh A, Frosh B, Soph, JV, Varsity) That is $28750.00 for the football program in a high school, and that does not even include the field upkeep, announcing equipment, or bus fees for away games.

Yes some of these pieces of equiptment can be used for multiple years but so can some of the parts FIRSTers use to build robots.

With $28,750 spent on football programs I am sure a school can afford to start a FIRST team.

FIRST will eventually become big in this country. I see it doing great things for people and making the US a world leader in science and technology.
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