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I sat with a team that I'm friends with during Einstein and saw one of the students in the row ahead of me almost get her eye poked out. Seriously, this thing had to be less than an 1/4" from her eyeball. She held her face for a good minute and I was expecting to see blood once she moved her hands.

Thankfully it didn't do any long-term damage, but the mentors of the offending team would have gotten hell from me if a trip to first-aid was warranted.

Another student also had a plane hit the top of his head with a very audible thud.

These things are legitimately dangerous and getting way out of control. "Kids be kids" is all fine and dandy until it starts seriously impacting others (literally and figuratively). Just because FIRST won't address it directly doesn't mean you should do it anyway. You know it's a safety hazard, be better than that.