[EricH]

Originally Posted by Ed Law

I see your reasoning to reduce from 30 pounds since you have more access. I can go with that unless there is a big snow storm. Isn't that why they increased it to 30 pounds that year?

Actually... They didn't. I looked it up; it went from 40 to 65 in 2010 due to the storm. 2009, 40. There is no CD discussion that I can find from before 2009; I believe the 30 lb was a response to the large amounts teams brought in in 2010. (I don't quite remember, but wasn't 2011 the first year of Bag-and-Tag for non-MI teams? If so, that would also explain some of the drop.)

I suggest that if there's a snow storm and teams can't get to their robots, they get all the out-of-bag time that they missed "credited" so that they don't miss any out-of bag. Whether they take the time before or after the initial bagging is up to them.