To the previous comments, I'm not trolling anyone. I truly believe that FIRST (HQ and the community) needs to stop telling people it's a 6 week build season. If that is helping us bring in sponsor dollars we are being dishonest. I know of few teams that don't use their WITHHOLDING ALLOWANCE to at least do some work on their robots past the "Stop Build Day". I've tried to stop saying it or at least correct myself when I do, it's hard after all these years.
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Originally Posted by nerdrock101
Oh I absolutely understand and agree with you that teams don't use the same amount of time. My point was rather that teams would be, in a way, obligated to through competitive pressure and passion to help students get the best FIRST experience possible. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it would require a significant change in how we deal with an already problematic level of mentor burn out.
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Do you currently not feel pressure to work on your WITHHOLDING ALLOWANCE past the stop build date? The rules in place today allow all teams to continue to work on the robot. The rule book encourages development of programming software after the "Stop Build Day" after the date as well.