[Jeff Rodriguez]

I think they need to stick to the rules more. They make them for a reason. If you do not follow the rules than you cannot compete. "Well, we don't break the rule" is not an excuse.

I also think that they need to lay off a little on the 'Spirit of FIRST' thing. There should be more clear cut winners, and not as big of 'everybody's a winner' attitude. They don't tell high school athletes everybody's a winner because they made it the team and came to the game. Just because a team gets to the game doesn't mean they deserve recognition. Yes, building a robot is an acomplishment, but to many teams its no big deal now. They can build a robot fairly easily now. Starting a rookie team is, however, a big acomplishment, especially when they build a good robot without alot of experience.