[jman4747]

Originally Posted by indieFan

I wrote something very similar to this in my survey.

The question FRC needs to ask itself is: Does it want to emphasize the engineering, including the trade-offs that are required (everything has a trade-off), or does it want to emphasize winning a competition?

You need excellent engineering skills to win in a competition in the first place. Yes giving teams more time with the robot would likely help people "win" more, but ask your self why. Getting more time to work directly on the subject of the team's engineering efforts I presume would give more opportunity to improve the engineering skills of the students.

Why bag up the primary teaching tool at the point when we have the most mentor, student, and sponsor engagement of any other time of the year?