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Originally Posted by DMike
1) Eliminate exact replica practice bots
or
1) restrict modifications that can be made to competition bot, gained from practice bot from the period between "bag/Tag" and competition.
2) Restrict modifications gained from multi regional/district competitions
3) Systems specification (Mechanical/ Programming) : teams would submit a Robot Specification along with bag and Tag.
4) Restrict holdback to 24lbs. or 20% of robot weight.
5) extend the build for one week, programming/practice purposes only.
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If your going to advocate for such extreme changes, at least try to provide your reasoning. Just writing down this list isn't really helping the discussion. I would be interested to hear why you think so.
I am still on the fence with this issue, but I will say this: just because something is more fair doesn't mean it's better. If a little bit of unfrairness helps FIRST to better achieve its goals, than it is a good thing.
How this plays into the issue at hand, I am still not sure. Maybe the unfairness of bag and tag (if it even is unfair) is deterring students from persuing STEM carreers. But fairness in and of itself is not a justification for anything in my eyes.