[Eric Bareiss]

I was on team 64 for three years and it was made up of two schools and we did have a few problems. The biggest problem is the students not accepting the other schools. It becomes an internal struggle for one school to be on top.

Like you said, who has the authority? Well if you want to make it work, it's nobody. If you are going to let them in you must let them in as equals. This will be a problem mostly with the students. Because your school was the first school, the students will feel better. They will tend to not treat the other students fairly.

My suggestion: don't let them join your team. Push them to start their own team, and help them with anything they might need. I think it's the best solution for everyone. You will still have your team the way it was and both of the other school will be involved in FIRST. It's win win.