[LeelandS]

I don't understand how this kind of behavior can still exist in FIRST. After 20 years of enforcing the ideals of GP, I would have thought this kind of behavior would be done.

1114 is a great team. I've had the honor of working with them in past years, as well as meeting one of their mentors, Karthik, however briefly it was. No one deserves to be treated the way they were. That kind of behavior in FiRST is simply not tolerated. And John is right, I hope any teams reading these posts or his blog feel horrible about their behavior. Any way you look at it, every student and mentor on that team dedicated 6+ weeks of their lives to do what we do here. They deserve the same respect shown to other teams, volunteers, referees or judges.