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Originally Posted by EricH
FIRST already applies countermeasures (refs, judges, and inspectors can't ref, judge, or inspect their own teams, or if they do, their lead knows that they're affiliated with that team), so maybe just having those will work. Or maybe not. YMTC* on that.
*You Make The Call
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It doesn't really matter too much for this conversation, but I can't recall a single FRC event I've attended where at least one of the refs, judges, or inspectors were not affiliated with a competing team.
Dunno if that's limited to Canada or what, but people affiliated with 1114, 188, 610, 1547 and others form a large percentage of the volunteer base at the Canadian regionals. I strongly suspect this is true of all regions, that the strong teams in the area form a large portion of the volunteer base. Something about being passionate about FIRST.
EDIT: To avoid confusion, I don't think this is a problem, and I think the quality of the events would plummet if we had to get unaffiliated volunteers, if the events could even get enough volunteers to run at all.