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Originally Posted by sst.thad
Our team is thinking about bringing back our sister team, and we we have 2 scenarios if we do bring them back. One of the scenarios is that we bring back the second team but have both teams build identical robots, similar to 254/968 in previous years. Some members on our team see this as being unethical, and think that other teams would hate us if we did this because it would make us look too competitive. I see it as a chance to give more teams members a chance at being on drive team and pit crew, and don's see a problem with both robots being the same. I was wondering what anyone else thinks about this issue.
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What do your team members think is unethical about it?
The fact that you bring back an old team into existence, in my opinion, makes those assumptions null and void.
Come back after asking your team what the specific issues are. What do they think possible problems would be? Why would teams 'hate' you for being a better performing team?
What else should you be asking yourself and teams like 968/254? Ask them logistical issues, design issues, how they run their collaboration. I have a feeling you'll find that the building of two identical robots would be harder than dealing with any team who talks trash about you doing it.
In the end, do what you think is best for your team. Outside opinions that affect your performance as a team negatively probably aren't the best.
Good luck!
