New Chairman's Award Eligibility

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Cory

Do you really think this is a problem?

How many HOF teams are winning CCA and then ceasing all CA worthy activities?

I just don't see it.

At the moment it isn't, Ed was merely remarking that a team could rest on its past accomplishments. FIRST is young, how many HoF teams are there (17?) Right now I am sure those teams are still tremendous role models, 2 decades from now what happens? Perhaps 254's school closed down and they lost their sponsors, should a team that builds the kit hoverbot and barely manages to do any community outreach still be a role model just because 2 decades ago they were? (I chose 254 because they were the CCA award winners my freshman year more than any other reason)

Making an analogy to the nonFRC world, should a singer who had a hit 20 years ago still be considered a modern sensation?

Ed does make a good point that HoF teams having a lifetime invite to Championships is a recipe for disaster. Yes these teams are amazing, yes I want to be one of them someday, but 20 years from now they shouldnt be able to say, "I won that award back in 2004 and I'm going to Championships based on that" Perhaps FIRST could have HoF teams reevaluated every 10 years or so and decide their HoF status. I don't mean to cheapen the HoF at all, just to make sure that teams are maintaining the moementum I don't think any teams now wouldn't demonstrate that they are not sustaining but I do believe that having the requirement on them to sustain would be a good thing. And 20 years from now, if we have to give up 37 slots at Championship because every single HoF team is sustaining, well I will be one happy guy.