[MikeDubreuil]

First Offense:
Found during seeding rounds:

• Team is not allowed to compete in elemination rounds.
• It is publicly announced before alliance picking which team is not allowed to compete and for what reason.
• The team is put on probation.

Found during eliminations/after the event:

• It is publicly announced via FIRST email blast or similar mechanism the situation in question.
• The next competition season the team will not be allowed to compete in the eliminations rounds at one regional event or nationals, their choice.
• The team is put on probation.

Probation

• A two competion year period, following the current competiton year.
• Upon completion of the time period the team is off probation.
• If a team is not on probation, it is considered a First Offense.

Second Offense During Probation

• If at a competion, the team is asked to pack up their stuff immediately and leave the venue.
• They will be banned from any FIRST competiton for the current and next two competiton seasons. After this period of time, they may come back to FIRST.