Also: we’ve got a bigger growth ratio, bigger size whatsoever, longer running…
The best situation for ESPN is tapping into the market of teens. They get to us with the Xgames now they could have FIRST. Not to mention we need them for a bigger venue. It would be a win win situation.
*Originally posted by Carolyn Duncan *
**We should get picked back up then. BB is so big ESPN needs something to compete with. We’re much bigger now so it would be good for ESPN to pick us back up. **
It seems like when I first heard about ESPN not covering us any more(which kinda bummed me out, the '98 show had me on it near the end 
), I saw something from somebody on here saying it was FIRST’s call not to have ESPN cover it any more? I remember reading that somewhere…
but would that make sense? I thought FIRST was looking for coverage and publicity? I’m confused. (it doesn’t take much.)
*Originally posted by Carolyn Duncan *
**but would that make sense? I thought FIRST was looking for coverage and publicity? I’m confused. (it doesn’t take much.) **
didn’t someone say that they "X"ed out all of the sponsors? (my memory is lacking right now) FIRST prolly didn’t like it. and the nats weren’t shown until months later and it only lasted like and hour. they prolly want something that is more like real sports. like have a TV contract that will follow all of the comps.
*Originally posted by David Kelly *
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didn’t someone say that they "X"ed out all of the sponsors? **
Why would they do that during our event and not Xgames? There are sooooo.many sponsors for Xgames that some people are head to toe bilboards.
I doubt many of you have no clue what you would be getting yourself into at junk yard wars. never mind the fact that only a tenth of the people in this forum know what a mig is or how to use it. there are many other skills needed. you may see a half hour of building but what you dont see is the hours of math and machining that goes on. unless you are competent in a machine shop and know how to rebuild a carb on a four cylinder you would be lost. my though would be that in order to have a fair competetion it would have to be more or an arts and crafts deal.
tyler forbes
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*Originally posted by TF8 *
**I doubt many of you have no clue what you would be getting yourself into at junk yard wars. never mind the fact that only a tenth of the people in this forum know what a mig is or how to use it. there are many other skills needed. you may see a half hour of building but what you dont see is the hours of math and machining that goes on. unless you are competent in a machine shop and know how to rebuild a carb on a four cylinder you would be lost. my though would be that in order to have a fair competetion it would have to be more or an arts and crafts deal.tyler forbes
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You may be surprised. For starters i know someone who took the engine off a chainsaw, made a bracket to mount it to his bike, built a clutch from scratch, put it all togeather, then relized the chainsaw engine didnt work 
My team almost made it’s own pnumatic cylinders, though we decided against to because we could buy them the right size anyways (and its probably very much so against the rules, we never checked).
You may underestimate the machinists on FIRST teams