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no collusion
I admit I thought the controversy over this was over. But it sounds like it is still going on if recent posts are any indication.
I agree with Raul. Collusion is destructive because it gives an advantage to teams that ask for favors from their opponents with the sole purpose of artificially inflating their QP's. Teams that do the right thing (no deals, no upfront agreements, just play the game) are disadvantaged and might even be put into the position of being picked by a colluding team later on (it'd be nice to say no, but who wants to decline a spot in the big show?).
It would be great if FIRST would take a stand (how about an annoucement at the drivers meeting, FIRST?), but I'm not counting on it.
In the absence of that, the teams need to take a stand. We should make our opposition to collusion visible. We should explain this to the less experienced teams so they are not taken advantage of. We should consider taking extra effort to take out the big stacks of teams that suggest collusion. And we should not pick as allies teams who suggest collusion.
Our team has never and will never collude.
Ken
Team #65
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