I have been thinking about this for a couple of weeks and I thought that it would be really great if all the teams in the FIRST robotics competition changed their team colors to Red, White, and Blue for this year’s competitions. Wouldn’t it be amazing to see 25,000 people (at Nats, of course) wearing r,w, & b in the standds at Epcot. Just a thought … I know we are already going to do that this year. What do you think?
-Paul
Those are my teams colors anyways, so we’re all set 
I don’t know about this…
Although it would be a great and symbolic tribute, I have grown rather fond of my team’s lime green color. Whenever I see it, I think of the team. Plus, then my computer case would not match the team as it does now 
My team’s colors are blue, yellow, and red…so we’re close…
~Angela
Don’t go off changing your team colors…thats a bad idea…plus i dont want 500 other teams with the same colors as my team…
My team has red and blue and I’m sure white will be thrown in somehow. It worked out well, red and blue is the high school’s and my college’s colors.
~Christina
our colors are navy blue, columbia blue, silver and maybe white. we can NOT have red as our team color because it’s the color of our rival school in the township.
OK, my $.03 (inflation) worth
I’m not too keen on every team wearing red, white and blue. Some of the teams have some real cool colors. Last year our team wore hawaiian shirts.
How about every team member wear a flag on there hat or shirt. This way we can keep our colors but still show our support for the U.S.A.
Also, I think every pit should have an American flag displayed.
What do you all think?
drops 3 pennies into kitty
Hey what if it is a BRIGHT colored hawian shirt
Mike Schroeder (Mr. Volcano team mascot
Team 25 Raider Robotix North Brunswick High and Bristol Myers Squibb
108’s got dark blue (I’m sure there’s a more approprite name for the color) and white. Sneeking a little bit of red in their (the nice jersey’s we had in 00 already comply) shouldn’t be much of a problem. Though I doubt it’d be much more than a simple stripe.
We just got a new logo designed for our team (along with our new name), but if we call the background color a really dark blue, I guess we have red, white, and blue.
Maybe rather than every team trying to change their colors to red, white, and blue we should have some sort of FIRST tribute. Say may be one 1/4" stripe of each color diagonal on our left sleeve. This way we can have all of our usual colors, not let our diversity in tshirts get disturbed by these sub human ppl, and still have a tribute. Waddya think?
I think if we wanted to do something FIRST wide that we should all put a flag on the arm of our uniform. Something like how the military does it. Is anyone interested in this. Thought it would be easier than redesigning everyone’s uniforms.
Hey everyone,
I personally think a flag on the sleeve of the team jersey would be a nice idea. But, now that FIRST has grown to be worldwide, this might be a little offensive for some teams. Although I’m almost certain that any international team is sympathetic with the US, they may feel excluded if they choose not to ‘sport’ the stars and stripes. I don’t mean to speak for any of those teams, my team being from Delaware (woohoo!), just wanted to bring it up.
Then maybe we should see if we could get united nations flags. I know they’re blue and white but it’s the idea that counts.
As an extremely patriotic American I must express my opinion about the idea of not putting American flags or colors on our shirts and maybe even switching to United Nations colors or flags. I think that it is absurd to not wear American flags or colors just because not everyone is from America. We are not forcing teams to comply with this, it is only an idea. In fact, I encourage any teams from other countries to wear their flags or colors on their shirts. I am proud to be an American, and I am sure they are proud to be citizens of their respective nations. We cannot tippie-toe around and be affraid to show our unity and pride on the basis that it might be offensive. Patriotism is not a crime.
As far as switching to United Nations flags or colors goes, I am totally against it. The United Nations is not a country or government, it is an organization of member states…individual member states. On top of that, countries such as Afghanistan (the country harboring Bin Ladin and his terrorist network), Sudan, Iran, and Iraq–countries on America’s list of countries that support terrorism–are members of the United Nations. To wear a UN flag on our shirts would not achieve the goal of the entire idea, the idea that we are united behind OUR country.
As of today, the United States of America is involved in a military conflict with some of those who support terrorism. American men and women are putting their lives on the line half way around the world to protect all of us from the dangers that became so brutally apparent on September 11. We should not be ashamed to show them that we appreciate what they are doing or at least that we sympathise with those directly affected by the attacks. We must stand proud and united behind our country and the liberty and justice it represents.
Eric
As far as Afghanistan being a member of the UN, it is. However, the seat at the UN belongs to the Northern Alliance. The only country to still recognize the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan is Pakistan. The UN, along with all other countries, does not recognize the Taliban as the legitimate government and therefore they cannot hold the seat at the UN (not that that says much, Taiwan held the Chinese seat for many year before the mainland was able to become recognized and regain the seat).
Matt
Thank you for clearifying the Afghanistan situation in the UN.
Also, I think I need to clearify what I was trying to say above. I have no problem with the United Nations or its enclusion in its membership countries with views often contrary with those of the United States, for this is the entire point of the organization. However, at a time of national crisis like this, it is important that we come together as a nation, not as a member of the UN. By wearing the flag of an organization that contains in its membership opposed to the United States stance in response to the tragedy, we do not achieve this goal.
I am sorry if this was not clear above.
Eric
Maybe someone could create a patch that incorporated all the nations flags that participate in FIRST along with the FIRST logo. (Kinda a united in FIRST thing). Just a thought.
We are going to be red this year.
We had patches made last year for all the Oklahoma robotics teams and wore them on our shirts.
Wouldn’t it be cool if everyone had a FIRST patch with the flag on it with a short patriotic quote or message.