For our team the 6 week build, then bag and tag is much like building a race car and going straight to the Daytona 500. We have generally tested our systems and mostly finished the bot, but are in no manner ready to compete. Who would it hurt if there was was a practice/debugging period following the 6 weeks up to the first regional. Minor debugging and programming could occur durring this period as well as driving and practice. The parameters of such a period could be easily defined and the honor system would apply, just like bag/tag.