What does FIRST need to be on TV?

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Posted by colleen - T190 at 04/30/2001 8:08 AM EST


Engineer on team #190, Gompei, from Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science and WPI.


In Reply to: It may be the sponsorships by corporations
Posted by Andy Baker on 04/30/2001 12:42 AM EST:



Since, I would at least hope, the motive behind getting on TV is not to show Battlebots,etc "hey, we're just as good as you.." but rather to generate more interest among kids and start more teams...

Why isn't anyone asking the Disney channel where they are??

Now granted, I know Disney does amazing amounts for FIRST... but they will cover everything from the smallest event to the largest concert.. what about some spots on one of their many channels about FIRST.. I personally think Disney, of all places, could put on quite an amazing show that the FIRST community could be pleased with hmmm..

Seems easy enough.. and them being the closest people (i.e. no travel and crew setup, this is their home turf).. if they won't do it.. maybe there is a reason..

I mean-- I think it was amazingly cool when ESPN was in our shop my freshman year (96).. filming away for a show.. it seemed to be some high end effort on their part.. and CNN came to us that year too.. but it suddenly died down again... Maybe there is a reason we're all missing that what seemed like an upward trend of media attention became a downward slope of people complaining that battlebots gets more time than us..

I say, if anything, TLC has Robotica.. Discovery has Junkyard Wars, Comedy Central has BattleBots.. why not Disney channel have FIRST??

ah well..