Cheering, standing ovations, and required team actions during matches and awards

[SuperJake]

Originally Posted by Keiko173

I believe that spirit has slightly decreased since 02 (when i started) but that may be purely due to changed seating arrangement. In 02, everyone sat with their team, no 2 reps, and everyone was near(ish) to the stage, not as spread out as the dome. I also believe that less people are coming, more teams, but less people, as it costs more to travel, go to championships, etc. But there's still plenty of spirit (as long as MOE's there )
Either way I'm coming back to volunteer next year!!

We like to think the reason FIRST implemented the 2 reps per team rule because in 2002 when MOE won the spirit award at nationals in Orlando, the ENTIRE team went up to the stage. We weren't expecting anything, so (naturally) we were in the back on the risers. It must have taken 20min to get everyone down there to the stage. 2003 was the first year only 2 reps were allowed to go to the stage.