IRI on ABC

[JamesBrown]

Originally Posted by Greg Needel

wow that has to be the worst report I have ever seen. I mean I know it is only a 30 second clip but come on. They didn't mention FIRST at all. "robots playing basketball"....last time I checked basketball didn't have auto modes and lower goals

Looks like some one has not been keeping up to date with basketball rule changes, in order to boost our chances in the next world cup the NBA has added side goals as an alternate scoring option, this should introduce basic soccer skill to a new group of athletes

In all honesty, thwe report was horrible, however if a couple of people saw it and googled Robotics competition in Indiana and found out about FIRST then the report was beneficial. Any publicity is good publicity.

[JackN]

That was the quater finals matches between 1504,494,40 and 71,1625,910. Just to give you guys some background .

[Joe Matt]

Reminds me of when IRI was on CNN Headline News, only ever slightly more informative than a sentance!

[dlavery]

Any publicity is good publicity.

The fact that an off-season competition makes it on to the national news scene is great. The piece, although short and lacking in details, raises interest and awareness of what we are doing. And that is always a good thing.

But I did really like the opening line "...a robotics competition took place in the Hoosier STATE of INDIANAPOLIS..." I didn't know Indianapolis was that big.

-dave