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Re: [FRC Blog] Orlando Incident

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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis View Post
Here's the team's description of what happened: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...&postcount=124

In short... They took off part of their robot and replaced it with 2 FRC batteries to act as ballast. They asked an inspector before they made the modification, and after it was done got reweighed and the inspector said it was all good.

They then competed like that in two matches, the opposing alliance challenged it based on their understanding from the rules that having multiple batteries on the robot was illegal, and those involved in the decision (the head ref, FTA, and LRI) were not aware of and had no way to show that the team had passed reinspection - from their point of view, the team competed with an illegal robot, and as a result the alliance was disqualified from the two matches they won, and lost their chance to compete in the semifinals.

Read through the thread linked for more information, there are a few posts from the teams involved on both sides,with both alliances unhappy with the eventual outcome.
Thank you for posting this. I was afraid people were loosing sight of the issue that hurt deep. It wasn't that a team didn't get reinspected and tried to skirt the rules. It was they believed they did get approval and competed in faith they were in a legal configuration. It was only after the challenge, then it was officially decreed the team was not re-inspected. That is the issue - an inspector says your good, but then later you aren't. That is the issue - in my opinion. Additionally, when the phone call was made to Frank not one person from the affected alliance was questioned or interviewed about the issue.

I hope this never happens again to another team - it really hurts.

PS:
The report from the Florida today was there during the entire process and it was her own opinion to write the article the way she did. No one called up the paper to whine about anything.

These are my views only, and not of the Pink Team, Exploding Bacon or Cryptonite (sp)
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