[Steve Kaneb]

Mr. Copioli made it clear in his post in the closed thread that he will not be addressing this issue further, and I won't speak for him.

We were the 15th seed in the Newton division, and Paul Copioli came over to us while we were waiting in the practice goal queue to tell us that 217 had fallen off the pyramid, that they were broken, and to cross them off our pick list.

After we'd gotten back to our pit, I had the opportunity to talk to him further about both our efforts to climb, and specifically the problems that had plagued 217 all season. It was around this point that 217 had mostly vacated their pit, and Paul explained that even though he advocates a "never say die" attitude, it was about time to shut it down. He expressed to me that if they were picked, they'd do everything in their power to fix their robot and do what they could on the field.

Your team might make the decision that once broken, you'd decline any selection (which would likely be FRC190's decision under the circumstances). It's not unreasonable to assume that Paul and his team are full of pride for their machine and their abilities, and that they'd try their darndest to compete.