[FrankJ]

I guess we need to look at why stop build day exists in the first place. Is it to limit resources (time) to balance the playing field? Hasn't worked. Is it intended to add an artificial dead line to increase the challenge? Hasn't worked. So it seems you either need to add rules to make stop build day more than a date on the calendar or get rid of it. Or recognize that within FRC there are teams competing at different levels. The driven teams are always put more energy into the game than less driven teams. Maybe their top level goals are different as well.