[Amanda Morrison]

To be honest, a lot of teams don't see what is wrong with coming to a compromise. That really depends on the person or the team. One of the great things about FIRST is that it can be whatever you make of it...and I don't see a reason for that to change. There a lot of things that might affect your standings at a regional - agreements between opposing alliances, bad referee calls, random robot parts breaking, etc. That's part of the fun. Getting past all of that and still winning, or getting past all of that and knowing that you did the right thing, is what a team should aim for. It's like a Disney movie. There's always a bad guy in the way, but the good guys always come out on top - win or lose.

The teams that you listed at the Great Lakes Regional are mostly teams that have been involved with FIRST for an extended amount of time. They know the meaning of 'gracious professionalism' inside and out, and I don't think any of them would agree to a gameplan if it didn't fall within the standards that FIRST upholds.