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Originally Posted by magnets

There is a huge negative reputation given to people who try to "lawyer" the rules. I disagree completely. The responsibility of FIRST is to give us a set of rules that don't have any loopholes they don't want.

I sympathize with and share your frustrations. But it is simply not possible to make the rules perfect - at least with a reasonable amount of time and effort. Like other things in FIRST this mimics the real world. A perfect contract is also not possible. Both sides must make a best effort and proceed in good faith to clear up areas of disagreement. Otherwise only the lawyers are making any money! ;o)