FIRST in Michigan Thoughts/Impressions

[Alex Golec]

This twisted concept of "fair" truly irks me. Consider this:

There is a team ABC that has everything: collects sponsor money from corporate giants, builds beautiful robots - and practice robots, and dominates in competitions. We are jealous of them, right?

The teams that cry "unfair" and demand justice by doing everything short of tying one arm behind Team A's backs will not improve themselves. They seek to cripple team ABC and call it "fair."

The teams that see team A and ask "how can we achieve this?" will succeed. They will improve themselves and make themselves available to improve others.

Perhaps this comparison is not the best, or even valid, since team structure is (mostly) outside of FIRST's control, but the idea is the same: bringing everyone down to the lowest common denominator does not create growth.

Let's make the world more fair by growing the good elements of this system.

-Alex