[Kevin Sevcik]

I have to say that I think the point being made is that this isn't, in fact, a rule. I can't say for certain because the FIRST website is down and I can't pull up the rules on when you're allowed to work on bots. Yes, it's against FIRST's wishes and isn't really the right thing to be doing, but it's not a rule. It's not even strongly worded. With all the context around it in the blast and the "please don't...." it sounds vaguely like they just want to make sure you finish getting your stuff uncrated and get the crate out of the way so they don't fall behind. A simple change to "You may not..." would've made things 100% crystal clear.

Devil's advocate aside, I still won't be working on the robot. Partially cause I will personally be getting there too late to uncrate and also because it's not right.