[PayneTrain]

^Avoiding fist-fights isn't "GP", it's common sense, decency, and in the case of aggravated assault, the law.

I honestly didn't read through all of the administrative sections of this year's manual to the point where I know all of the rules, but I do believe it is against FIRST policy to overtly save seats in the stands (I know certain people on this forum have rightly brought this up before).

Unfortunately, everyone breaks this rule and when I am put in the position of weighing my team's interests of not sitting away from the field or following a rule that is ignored by other teams, I will compromise and have students block off seats for late-arriving parents and sponsors in a non-prime seating area while they themselves file in the rows. Scouting fends for itself and usually gets wherever they like to set up camp.

It would be nice if they set up a "scouting pit" at certain events, especially CMP where a majority of the teams have heavily involved scouting.