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Re: The 6 Week Build Season and 'Mentor Burnout'

Let's look at this from a pure competition standpoint because I believe that much "burnout" occurs in competition due to the fact that many teams want their students to at least field a competitive robot so that their team does not lose say 125-10 and feel that their efforts ment very little as far as being competitive playing the game. So now let me ask a question to either alliance captains or their first pick that had won regionals this year.

Did any team end up winning a regional as an alliance captain or first round pick while not building a practice robot or keeping their withholding allowence under 5 lbs.? For teams in a district setting I would ask the teams this same question for those that qualified for championships based on robot performance.

If the total amount of teams that answer yes to this question is over 60% of the total amount of regional winners and district qualifers then I say we keep bag and tag. If it is under 60% I would say that we eliminate bag and tag to give us underfunded teams a chance.
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