[Tristan Lall]

I don't have a problem with teams bringing as many robots as they like, of whatever design they like (2012, post-2012, 2006, 2012 practice: it doesn't matter), provided that the event has some way of equitably dealing with whatever capacity limits might exist.

For example, if they want to guarantee 6 matches per team, but adding the extra robots might make that impossible, some of the extra robots need to be on a waitlist instead of taking the place of a real team. (With the waitlist teams given at least a couple weeks' notice before the event that they're being added to the event, if registrations don't fill up.)

The same goes for pre-rookie teams using someone else's robot, except that they should either be grouped with the existing teams, or at the front of the waitlist (with one robot per pre-rookie).

Also, if the event has subsidized the entry cost for teams (even if that subsidy isn't clearly stated), that same subsidy shouldn't necessarily be guaranteed to second entries. If that's the case, the team should be prepared to pay full price for their extra robots.