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Re: Appropriate penalties for off-the-field ethical/behavioral violations
To believe that this isn't happening is hiding your head in the sand. Things have been caught and when brought forward, FIRST hid their head in the sand. In 2002 and 2003 there were teams that broke the rules and when confronted argued the point so tough that FIRST allowed the transgression. THIS is one of the worst things that could have happened. FIRST is basically not enforcing the rules because, in my humble opinion, they don't want to discourage teams or ban them from a competition. All this has done is lower the GP for everyone.
I am not saying that everyone cheats but it only takes one or two to go unpunished and then we start the slippery slide. We need to find appropriate penalties that will curb any other thoughts on the issue.
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