Hmmm,
Is this discussion about FIRST robotics programs? If it is, I think I know where to find the rules governing them.
Or
Is this discussion about Michigan robotics programs? I don't know where to find the rules governing them; but I would be interested in seeing them.
AND...
I'm starting to think my prediction that blurring the line between programs governed by FIRST rules, and programs governed by state rules (see the two or three CD threads with a theme of
Yippee! our State has a robotics championship sanctioned by the state educational system...) would cause train wrecks; is being confirmed.
The sort of confusion being discussed in this thread is what you risk when when you try to blend a program like FIRST with with one run by some other organization that has overlapping, but not identical goals.
The risk is especially high when that other organization is (or is tightly tied to) a state educational bureaucracy (aka something with a lot of psychic momentum, and plans of its own). Remember, FRC/FTC/FLL are *not* *not* *not* school programs.
It will be interesting to see how this shakes out.
- I personally believe that if I can't find "it" in a ____ rulebook, or in an officially published exception (published by ____ and not by anyone else), then "it" is not a rule at ____ events.
- Complementing that, if an event enforces rules that aren't ____ rules, the event isn't a ___ event.
You can fill in the blank with whatever entity you want: Little League Baseball, Prince William County Intermural Basketball, Dancing With the Stars,
FIRST, VRC, or whatever you want.
Blake