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Unread 05-05-2016, 11:33
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Re: FRC rules around seating need to change.

Maybe there should be saving of a reasonable number of seats. There seem to be legitimate needs for minimum seating (scouting). Maybe each team gets to claim X number of seats using lanyards or labels or some such, but only in contiguous sections. Or something.

I've always interpreted the no-seat-saving rule as going both ways. No, you're not allowed to reserve seats for your team. Yes, that means I'm allowed to pop right in and sit in the middle of your "saved" block, and there's nothing you can do to stop me. But no, I won't do that unless I absolutely have to. I will be respectful of your desire to "save" a block of seats for your team scouts or parents, within reason, and when possible, if you are respectful of my need to take one of "your" seats if nothing else is available.

I would hope that every team would abide by this unwritten rule and agree with it, but clearly that's not happening.

My own story: I was lucky to be able to attend Worlds last year and I too, along with a few of my freshman students, was pushed away from a set of legitimately empty (as-yet-untaken) seats by an overenthusiastic mentor/parent from another team desiring to claim them for their team. Like, almost literally pushed, this mentor/parent shoved their way through. I made some comment to my team members like "Let's go find somewhere else guys, OUR team is graciously professional". My kids called me out on being passive aggressive but what can you do.
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