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Originally Posted by coldfusion1279
FIRST is growing fast that it can't wrap its arms around everything anymore.
FIRST is experiencing some serious growing pains.
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The bag and tag for me has never sat right. I walked through the pits on check in night at the Virginia regional last year. Lots of robots that were completed or looked like something been removed. No skin off of my back. But a few robots were bare frames. No wheels or electronics. I asked a team member later if that was right. "It doesn't violate the 30lbs withholding rule." and they then added. "It's in the gray area."
As FIRST has grown, teams have been looking at, expanding and using that gray area to play the game in new and exciting ways. But I think it's time for FIRST to take a long hard look at said area. A refinement of the bag and tag rules and perhaps even an official ruling on the practice robots are needed.