[Gabriel]

I was speaking to another team leader about this the other day. He said that if he were to simply refuse to follow the policy and as a result, get his team thrown out of the FIRST competition, his mentors, school and community would support him all the way.

I think that the same is almost certainly true with my team.

I'm not saying this is a good idea, it isn't, but it goes to show that EVERYBODY involved in FIRST, mentors, students, sponsors, everyone except FIRST itself realizes how bad this policy is.