[FVC]: Age Limit for VEX?

[fredliu168]

Hey,

I'm just wondering if there is an age limit for people who are on a VEX team, specifically the drivers.

Or... maybe they have to be in high school..

Can anyone clarify this? When I read the rules, I found nothing about an age limit.

Thanks,
Fred

[nonother]

From the coach's manual:

The Students
Your FVC team will have up to 10 students, typically high school aged. For a true team experience, we recommend a minimum of three students per team. Students come to the team from many different avenues such as schools, after-school programs, home-school groups, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Girls Inc., Boys & Girls Clubs, YWCA, YMCA, Big Brothers-Big Sisters, religious groups, and neighborhood groups.

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So I don't think it's a rule, but it's definetly a guideline. I know for a fact some middle schools have teams. As far as students that have graduated from high school, I have a feeling they are not allowed...but I'm not sure if that's an official rule.

[KathieK]

FIRST has targeted this program at high school age students, but allows younger students to participate as well. If older than high school age, you would be considered a mentor on a team not a student participant.
Please see this thread which discusses it further, and refer all questions to the FVC Q&A forums for official answers.

[gblake]

URLs to some specific team membership Q&A messages, found on the the FIRST FVC Q&A web site that Kathie mentioned, are listed in the message at this URL http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...9&postcount=16

[GaryVoshol]

Just as in FRC rules, some of the FVC rules mention "pre-college" students - for instance, the drivers.

[nonother]

Originally Posted by 1885.Blake

URLs to some specific team membership Q&A messages, found on the the FIRST FVC Q&A web site that Kathie mentioned, are listed in the message at this URL http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...9&postcount=16

Those links require a password, what is the password?

[DonRotolo]

I didn't see any passwrod challenge - are you logged in to Chief Delphi??

[Mark McLeod]

I get blocked as well.
It's not the CD post it's the FVC forum for some reason.
I can get in normally to the FVC forum no problem.
Maybe it's in a sub-forum restricted to FVC Affiliate Partners?

[gblake]

Hmmm - Well, Phooey.

I'm getting challenged too.

The executive summary is that teams do not have to be affiliated in any way with schools, and that there is no lower age limit

Blake

[KathieK]

The Affiliate Partner section of the FVC Forums is now password-protected.