[Matt Leese]

I think there's a growing consensus (or maybe it's just me) that we need consistent rules even if they aren't the best rules possible. I think it's easier for many people to live with a rule they find unfair than with a situation where a rule was changed such that it becomes unfair (the unfairness deriving from the fact that the rule was changed at all). This isn't the first time FIRST has had problems with inconsistent rulings and unfortunately I don't think it'll be the last.

Matt