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Originally Posted by Michael Corsetto
Question for the group:
There used to be a clause in the rules about bringing in "functionally equivalent parts" or something like that. This allowed teams to have spares of parts in their pit without gaining a significant advantage. Anyone know why that rule isn't around anymore? These last couple of years I wished we could bring spares in, it would make me a whole lot less nervous about our robot snapping in half! 
-Mike |
I would love to know the answer to this too. Did withholding allowance end up killing this? I can't remember if both were in effect at the same time (ignoring the year that withholding allowance got added last minute).