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Originally Posted by LafondaOnFire
I see where you're coming from here. Despite the fact that such an action would be entirely out of the spirit of FIRST... They're as much as a team in FIRST as the rest of us are, and a plot to split them up wouldn't be in the spirit of FIRST, any day. Sabotaging teams just to win? Yeah, not so much.
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I'm not sure such an action would be entirely out of the spirit of FIRST. We're told to 'compete like crazy' and FRC is a competition. FIRST even allowed 6v0 matches in 2010 where teams would throw matchs just get gain more seeding points (and essentially a lower seeding points for your opponent that match). I view the situation I described above as very similar to the 6v0 strategy. Additionally, FIRST has done nothing to prevent teams from breaking up powerhouse alliances in alliance selections, either. It happens atleast once or twice a year.
I think we all agree that not cooperating with 1114/2056/217/111 in a match JUST because they always win and you don't want to see them win is wrong. But, in my example your not cooperating because you want whats best for your team, not that you want to stick it to the elite team. It doesn't matter if the other team has won 100 competitions or just a rookie team that build a great robot.