[barn34]

Guys, I agree that the finals (and all of elims for that matter) were rough on everyone's bumpers. Elims are always high intensity and that just ramps up as you get closer to the finals. With the nature of this year's game, this intensity resulted in some unfortunate toppling of the robots competing in the championship matches. Being on the opposite end of that unfortunate event in a regional deciding match last year, I empathize greatly for anyone having to watch a high stakes match play out with that sense of combined disappointment and helplessness. However, blatantly jumping to any conclusion and publicly accusing any team of intentionally dirty play is in the exact opposite of everything the spirit of FIRST represents. I'm sorry, but thats completely uncalled for. I know this is a time of frustration for some teams, but please take a step back, calm down, and remember what this program is really all about.