Should sponsors be held the same standards as teams?

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Originally Posted by JaneYoung

I would just like to add one thought.
Ideally, FIRST teams work to develop partnerships with their sponsors. From these partnerships may come internships for the students, future employment opportunities, an exchange of support and talent.

This thread is talking a lot about the impact of branding, money, reputation, history of the sponsor/potential sponsor. It is also good to think about what the FIRST team(s) and the sponsor(s) can achieve working together.

And are there any negative consequances in having an x-Firster working as a Mecahnical Engineer for Marlboro of Smirnoff? On he contrary, having a Firster there might bring some sort of a change to the companies face, but even if that does not happen, First has produced an Engineer out of this partnership, which is what FIRST is all about, isn't it?