[marshall]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

Maybe if withholding allowances are hard to regulate...
Maybe if the definition of a ROBOT is very fluid and difficult to interpret w/r/t what you put in the almighty bag...
Maybe if the way teams use the bag system in a good faith effort to construct and store spares for an obviously brutal game still gets called into question for their integrity and the like...
Maybe if there are concerns people could use the large gray area of the bag and tag system to a way that flies entirely out of the realm of reasonable behavior but still stay within the letter of the law...
Maybe if some teams choose to build 3 robots just to keep their students engaged while a functional robot sits wrapped in a plastic tarp in the same room...
Maybe if teams are still meeting as regularly at the beginning of the 16 week season as they are at the end...
Maybe if it is still hard to teach people new to FIRST how the whole bag system works and the pure absurdity of the scenario we are placed into by HQ is made very obvious from outside the bubble of FRC...
Maybe if we are all here to inspire and recognize science in technology in a robotics competition...

Make an up or down decision that says either teams can keep their hands on the competition robot for the entirety of 4 months or tell teams to sit on their hands until their competition day comes. All sides have been and will continue to (rightfully) lawyer the rules one way or the other.

Preach it!