Is there usually this much frustration?

[mwtidd]

Where I have not been overly active in the CD community in past games, I see more and more threads popping up with people griping about this game. I understand that this happens to an extent every year, but I've never felt this sense of frustration among the FIRST community. Many of the concerns and frustrations are some of the most valid in years. Whether it be drastically inconsistent rule calling or horribly insufficient suppliers, the concerns are not unfounded.

FIRST charges a premium to host a superior high school robotics competition, running regionals that cost upwards of $300,000, but seems to be slipping on some of the more important things.

Again it is just my perception, but this year seems like the community is reaching a near tipping point. The politics within FIRST are getting pretty dicy. I didn't want to formulate a long argument, but more start a discussion with regards to what is happening within FIRST and the potential ramifications.

after flipping through the financial's for FIRST (http://www.usfirst.org/uploadedFiles...bsite_Copy.pdf) i see nothing regarding salaries.

Again, I just wanted to start a discussion...