I agree that College FIRST isn't necessarily the solution to letting college students/mentors a chance to "relive" their glory days, but what about at the off-season events? There are more than plenty of them throughout the world, so why not have one particular "Alumni Match" set aside, maybe during lunch or right after, that allows the college kids a crack at the controls? The truth is most college students and mentors never truly get to "try out" the robot during season, with drivers needing training and being at competition and such. This would give them the chance to be the one running the robot for once without the need to start a whole new competition that would potentially draw mentors away from FRC.
Just an idea...
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