Next year: Make the game understandable

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Posted by Chris, Coach on team #308, Walled Lake Monster, from Walled Lake Schools and TRW Automotive Electronics.

Posted on 5/3/99 11:27 AM MST


In Reply to: What I think posted by Kyle Huang on 5/2/99 8:28 PM MST:



: One other thing: FIRST is supposed to ignite the minds of youngsters - mainly, the people
: participating in the robotics competition. Its goal is not to be something you flip your
: TV to on Sunday morning instead of football. They want kids to be doing it, rather than
: just sitting in front of a TV watching it. Am I correct?

I have to disagree with this point. Putting FIRST on TV on Saturday creates demand among the nation's youth to be a part of this. FIRST will never explode until there is a wide spread demand from people wishing to participate.

Hockey is a great example. Until recently, people in the south have never seen hockey so they never cared about it. Now that they are starting to see hockey, there is an increased demand for youth hockey leagues for both ice hockey and roller hockey.

In summary, widespread promotion is necessary to create the demand. Once peolpe see it, a lot of them will want to take part. This is necessary to create the large scale popularity. Only when this large scale popularity occurs will you see the impact on society that FIRST is hoping for.

-Chris