I think its a great thing for teams to share practice bots, as Adam has already described. We will be doing the same with our practice bot in the Fall events.
Michael, I think the question you asked here is what confused me
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...7&postcount=50 "as long as they don't have an expectation of driving/operating it in matches" and rotating only human players.
If you're not really willing to give a pre-rookie the full experience by driving/having a pit crew, then I don't think you're actually contributing as much to their experience as you could, just your own team's. It is the offseason, and if a team like 973 is more than willing to help out a team have a great experience then I would expect others to as well, or simply respect the wishes of the event (since I'm assuming in Texas, space is a problem with all those new teams running around). If space is not an issue, I don't see why a team can't compete with two robots though.
What Adam said they do by letting teams rotate in and out is a great experience for all. If there are pre-rookies, there is limited space, and you do not wish to let a team operate/work on the practice bot, then I think it would be best to respect the wishes of the event coordinators.
Just my $0.02
-Akash