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I was at Atlanta. I know for a fact that someone did question the invitation/acceptance of team 34 after team 34 had declined a previous invitation. This individual was directed to the scorer's table. Extensive discussions were held with FIRST personnel on site, the head ref and others. I was not privy to those discussions, which apparently lasted beyond the remainder of the selection process (probably would have been a good idea to halt the selection process until the issue was settled, but this did not happen). The decision was made not to unwind the completed selections to the error and fix it. Further questions should probably be directed to the FIRST people who were in Atlanta.