[Jared]

I understand why this was written. It wouldn't be right for a team to throw two robots in the bag, and add 30 pounds of a third robot to their bag at each competition, and give away two complete robots to their alliance partners.

However, that's not really what's happening. This is similar to the sharing of the minibots of 2011, the bridge stingers of 2012, the 10 point hangs and full court blocks of 2013, and the inbounder modifications of 2014.

This year, the third alliance partners seem to have a smaller role than ever before, so I don't think it's right to prevent great teams from planning ahead and giving these teams meaningful tasks. It's sad to watch a team dominate in the finals while a member of their alliance doesn't attempt to score or move.