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Originally Posted by Ken Leung
Now. Important points from each side:
1. By working together both teams have learned something they never would've if they worked alone, and that is, the values of partnership, and learning to work with a new process.
2. It is not as easy as you think to design a robot together.
On the other hand:
1. Joe J. addressed his concern of many powerful teams working may tilt the playing field in their favor.
2. Matt Adams addressed his concern of this collaboration with the spirit of the $3500 limit rule.
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I found out about the alliance between 254 and 60 about 3 weeks ago. When I first heard about it I was skeptical to say the least. My first question was the same as Matt Adams. How would this be accounted far as the 3500 dollars that can be spent? This was answer by the fact that Laron is sponsoring the cheesy poofs. If this is valid answer, I am not sure, but it is an answer to the question none the less. I guess you just have to read between the lines of each and every rule.
Now my next question is exactly the one that Joe J. proposed. What keeps companies and teams like Delphi, Ford, NASA, and GM from sending the same robot on the field with 16 different team numbers? Right now I would say it isn't possible for 16 teams to come together and design 1 robot to suit the needs of all 16 teams, but last year I would have said it wasn't even possible for 2 teams to do it. Especially teams as far away as 60 and 254. So where does that leave the future of FIRST? A regional comp with 64 teams entered but only 10 different robots? That isn't something I personally would like to see happen.
I know for a fact that both team 60 and team 254 have nothing but the best intentions for the students on the team and for this partnership. I think that for these teams it’s a great idea, but the idea can be taken to a different extreme and that is the scenario I don't want to see.
I guess all I can say is congratulations to both teams taking first to a different level weather it be a better or worse place.