When I saw the email blast come through on my phone, I seriously sat in my car for 20 minutes or so reading the PDF. My thoughts:
1) I applaud the team for being this thorough in their methods and sharing all the steps they took (and for ruling out things we would normally hold up as the cause).
2) I believe FIRST has done right by the teams involved. Nothing is gained by replaying the matches.
3) I thank the teams for checking their own systems and code to discover issues of their own.
4) Shame on the individual who attempted this stunt. It hurts that FIRST has to have its answer to baseball's
permanently ineligible list. We should all expect a higher standard.
5) I hope some element of this process is framed and put somewhere fairly prominent in FIRST Place. I think this entire story contains elements of the FIRST experience both at its worst (see point 4) and at its best (see point 3). Much can be learned from both.