Should FIRST expand beyond robotics?

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by 548swimmer

This would pull in the same group of future engineers, only the more athletically oriented ones. I am an excellent example of this. I swim for my high school team, rock climb, run, and lift weights. I am also a co-leader of the CAD team. I'm sure there are many students ouit there who are in a similar situation.

Yes we occasionally get them but if we were able to take the stereotypical football player and show him that he could be a better player by using his brain wouldn't we all be better off? Hopefully someone smarter than I can come up with a challenge to draw in THAT sort of person.