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In FRC, situations like 6v0 are a concrete strategy to gain an advantage in the standings, seed higher, and ultimately play weaker teams in eliminations. It is the same as the Badminton situation in my eyes.
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An important detail: In competitive badminton, throwing matches is explicitly against the rules. (
http://t.co/fV2CrsBo - section 4.5)
The "6v0" describes a variety of scenarios in 2010 that rarely included any collaboration between the alliances. After week 1, it never resulted in seeding higher than your opponents, but it would allow you to nearly match their seeding points instead of giving them the points to leapfrog you. I'd be happy to discuss the nuances of 2010 seeding strategy if anyone wants, but I think that's a bit off topic for this thread.