[Hoover]

"not in the spirit of the FRC and are not allowed"

That is the part that makes me think they've gone soft. Is the spirit of FRC that we just play an offensive game and show what the robot can do? This is mostly what we did during qualifying matches.

I think you are right about the strategy thing. But doesn't it seem like a strategy could be to put one robot out of commission in the first of a 3 match final event? Or is that a red card? But some teams might say so what.

Another observation is that once point accumulation is so high, teams can afford lots of fouls. So does this mean once a team is an ultra high scorer they lose the spirit of FRC. Just sayin...