First off, answering a question with a question isn't an answer
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The team as a whole may be very gracious and professional.
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Teams are based on all sorts of criterion, and observing them during stressful times is most likely one of those critera.
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What if the person in question was not even a member of aforementioned team? I know lots of people not on our team have Cheesy Poof shirts either through shirt trading, launching them out of the t-shirt cannon or other means. Do we need to require a class on gracious professionalism before someone is allowed to own our shirt?
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You might want to consider giving out shirts that are not the 'team' shirt, so as to avoid this issue.
If you give out stuff that identifies that person as part of your team (whether they are or not) then any actions they do
WILL reflect back on your team, for better or worse.
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Furthermore, did the judge go up and talk to the student after it was witnessed?
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FTAs are typically a very reliable source of information. If judges had to 'follow up' on all 'ungracious or unprofessional' outbursts before casting their vote ... well, we'd never see a GP award.
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What if the person had Tourette syndrome and was exhibiting coprolalia or something similar? That sounds like it could turn into a case of discrimination pretty fast. FIRST needs to be careful about using potentially out of context incidents like this as the basis for judged awards...
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As I've stated in other places, teams need to understand their members and not put them in a position they cannot handle. In your above example, companies/buisinesses would be careful not to put that person in a position where they would/could cause the company embarrassment (such as spokeman). FIRST teams should do the same.
In the end you should consider this a real world experiance. When you are wearing a team shirt (even if it's not yours), you represent that team and everything you do reflects back on that team.