Here's another argument to the end of bag and tag: The monumental waste of resources.
FIRST put a lot of focus on recycling in the last year across all of their programs. You could argue however, that to be a top team, you had to use so many extra resources.
- Think of all the raw materials that get wasted on building a second robot.
- Think of the thousands of giant bag and tag plastic bags that get used once or twice and then thrown out.
- Think of the miles of wire, the tons of metal, the blood, sweat and tears wasted across FRC because you are separated from your robot after build by a few mils of plastic by an arbitrary rule.
A removal of bag and tag would help middle tier and low tier teams the most and save so much money, time, and material resources across the program.