[DougHogg]

A quick way to get rid of all the controversy would be to change the scoring so that a team gets their score and thats it.

End of story.

We don't need the current aggravation.

Let's just score the competition the way these things are done in the sports world. I haven't heard of any baseball teams getting their score plus double the opponents.

I think it is time to put this particular turkey (scoring system) to rest.

In the meantime, let's all keep our cool, as the saying goes, and not make accusations.

Even if a team says they made agreements with the opposing alliance, the rules do not currently prohibit that.

The problem as I see it is that a few teams are playing a team of 4 game, whereas most are playing 2-on-2. That causes confusion which can lead players to suspect any high score as "arranged". However there can easily be a high score without agreements, so NO FINGER POINTING, okay?

Let us hope that we hear from FIRST concerning its original intentions for this year's game. Obviously there is no way to tell for sure if a high score is "arranged" or not, but if FIRST were to let all the teams know what their basic intention was for this year's game with regards to opposing alliances making agreements, that should help to get us all operating on the same basis, using the same rules. Without that basic agreement, it is hard to maintain harmony.

Then we need to get the scoring changed!

Wow! I am glad we didn't run into this last year.