GM and Chrysler

[Andrew Schreiber]

After listening to the news this last couple of days and hearing about a potential merger between GM and Chrysler I searched around here wondering if anyone had opinions or ideas on what this could mean for the FIRST community. As well as the economy in general.

Here is a link to the Business Week article (http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/...pStories_ssi_5)

Personally I feel this could be beneficial to the economy and FIRST. If these companies feel that they need to merge and cut costs to stay around I would much rather have 1 company stand then have 2 fail. That being said, I think this will be devastating to the FRC community, especially those of us in the Michigan area sponsored by these companies. There have been talks of closing the Auburn Hills facility, this could be another blow to the already pained Michigan FRC community. (Obviously, I realize it will be a blow everywhere but I am from Michigan and don't feel like speaking on that which I don't know)

Also, if this is in the wrong area or gets too heated could a moderator please move and/or lock this thread? I know there are probably some very heated opinions about this and would like to keep it focused on how the FRC community will be affected and how we can make the best out of this.