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Originally Posted by SamM
I think one of major aspects of bagging that isn't being discussed enough is that it provides an artificial deadline well in advance of the actual deadline to compete.
This, in combination with the time before competition to more accurately asses what they can accomplish on practice day allows teams to make the tough decisions about what they need to do to play.
While the floor may be raised for everyone, the number of teams showing up at the last possible minute(or after the last possible minute) for inspection with incomplete robots will also go up.
Speaking as someone who has organized (non-FRC) robotics competitions, without bag and tag I predict there will be a lot more no-shows and robots still getting inspected on Friday(or Saturday) than there are currently.
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Have you been an inspector at an event? The number of teams not ready for inspection could not possibly go up. Without Bag and Tag we could also hold pre event inspection nights where volunteer inspectors/mentors come and help point out flaws in robots before they go to inspection at the event. Removing bag and tag allows for teams, volunteers, and the great people involved in FRC to find creative solutions to these problems. Yes we try to do this now but like I have said before there is only so much you can do in 6 weeks.