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Re: Team Update 2012-02-14

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Originally Posted by Squeakypig View Post
This is exactly what the teams who implemented this strategy were thinking. Word for word.
Yes and no. I have maintained since I started doing FIRST in 2001 that teams who play to the spirit of the rules don't run afoul of exactly these kinds of issues. It's a risk, and sometimes it pays off (469 in 2010) and sometimes it doesn't.

There's something to be said for innovative gamesmanship, but there's something to be said for doing what you ***KNOW*** is legal. Any time you think, "this is particularly clever!" you may well be right -- but just because it's particularly clever doesn't mean it won't bite you.
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