[EricH]

Originally Posted by DonShaw

Where the refs went really wrong, is they apparently were not aware of the 'Tournament Rules'

The mentors made a major modification to that other robot that was not part of the T08 inspection. It was not reinspected after the modification. It was allowed on the field and continued modification.

Re-inspection is going back to the inspection area, being weighed, check perimeter, check 54" rule

Re-inspection is whatever the INSPECTORS (not spectators) find is necessary for a robot to comply with the rules. They have the as-weighed weight on hand (I know when I was inspecting, both the inspection and the reinspection weights were written on the inspection sheet). If a device that is added appears to be cutting it close, the device can be re-weighed. Perimeter can be checked on-field, if need be.

FIRST needs to install a rule that mentors are not allowed to be a part of the drive team. The drive team needs to be made up of students that are part of the team. it is bad enough to see some mentors doing all the build work, at least let the kids drive and coach themselves.

FIRST has had mentors and students both on the drive team since 1992--21 years of competition. You'd THINK that if there had been an issue, they would have done something. As for the "mentors doing all the build work"... I'm not going to go into the beating a dead horse other than 1) it doesn't matter and 2) even if it did, there aren't exactly a lot of teams that do that.