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Re: [Official 2005 Game Design] Radical Tournament Ideas
It seems that the point of these threads is to throw out all of those details of FIRST that are being done "because that's how we've always done things" and re-examine even the fundamental structures.

So, (as I don my fire proof garments), ...

Why not remove the restriction that only pre-college students can drive the robot, participate as human player, etc.?

Most of the pre-college students participating on a team undertake roles other than on-field roles anyway. There are 3-4 students participating on-field whereas most teams have 10-30 students. Since 3/30 is a very small fraction of the interaction, does this rule significantly increase participation by pre-college students?

On the other hand, any restrictions on who can be driver guarantees that the best drivers are not out there for every team. If FIRST wants the competition to look better for media purposes, then it should put the best people behind the sticks. I'm not saying that a pre-college student won't be the best driver for some teams, just not for every team.