[Mike Martus]

In the Q & A this was asked and answered by FIRST.
Section:6.3.4
Q: Does this mean that only two batteries are allowed at a competition? If this is such a problem FIRST should consider no shipment of batteries and supplying them at the competitions!

A: You can bring other batteries to the competition. The only batteries that can be used during the competition are the Exide batteries provided in the 2005 kit. We will not be providing batteries at the competitions.

This concerns me because they seem to be saying the two new ones are the only ones you can use. That will prove to be a major problem for most teams.
The battery chargers cannot keep up with the use of the robots. With the increased number of seeding matches ( I hope) due to 3 team alliances there is no way they will be charged in time.

Add to that the Finals when you run several matches in a short time span and you have a real problem.

Several years ago when this same rule surfaced FIRST found out very quick it was not practical and changed to allow teams to use additional batteries as long as they were 100% identical.

I hope I am not understanding their recent Q & A answer.

Your thoughts on this?