[EricH]

Originally Posted by bduddy

Technically, there is nothing (aside possibly from child labor laws) preventing a FRC team from being composed entirely of adults, and hiring for pay students off the street to drive the robot.

(I'm curious - has there ever been an FRC team such as this? I'm not talking about another mentor/student-built debate, I'm talking about a team that didn't even pretend to have students as the focus or major element.)

I can't say that there's ever been such a team. Can't say that there hasn't been one, either, but I would say that if such a thing ever did happen, there would be some kind of outcry in the community when people found out. (To put it mildly...)


Big problem with that scenario is that there's an awful lot of places that students are vastly preferred if not required (interacting with judges, interacting with inspectors, interacting with the Head Ref), and somewhere along the line somebody's going to figure out real quick what's going on. Cue massive discussion with HQ/RDs/FSMs/event officials.