[LeelandS]

I was taught that when making an argument letter, you need solid reasons on why doing something is better than any alternative. In this case, you need 3 reasons why replaying the matches would be better than not.

Tristan's suggestion of equity is a good one. Explain how the team's were extremely wronged. How Einstein is such a huge deal in FRC, and the implications of the wrongdoing to that.

If I were to be reading a letter of why I should replay Einstein (were I in that position... I wish), I would require you to do two additional things.

One, would be precedence. Obviously you won't be able to provide a past experience where Einstein was replayed due to interference, but you may be able to provide a different precedence. For example, matches are generally replayed due to fault of the field. You might be able to argue that the interference occurred through a fault in the field (though that may be a stretch), and thus, citing the FRC Manual, which I believe states matched will be replayed if the field is faulted for an issue that effects the outcome of the match, be able to provide a reason for replaying: Every other match where a field fault has occurred has been replayed, so why not these ones?

Two, I would say you'd need to provide a viable suggestion of circumstance. We can't just ask 12 teams from across the country and Canada to fly to New Hampshire for a few hours so we can determine who really would've one. So if I were to accept your argument, I would think you'd have to make a suggestion as to how we would replay these matches. Where, when, how, things like that.

Another thing I was taught is that you must address any negatives. To simply ignore the reasons to not replay Einstein would be... well... ignorant. You need to discuss the negatives in a "Now one might say ... is a good reason not to replay Einstein, but here's why ... isn't enough of a reason not to replay Einstein compared to the reasons to replay it" format. Discuss the negatives, then explain why they're just not enough to invalidate your argument. If you can do this effectively, you strengthen your argument a lot.

Just some suggestions. Take them as you will.

Good luck with your paper!