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Re: Interesting Q/A's

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Originally Posted by Mike Betts
I'm not sure what FIRST is doing here... It looks like they are referencing a different rule book than we have.
No, they aren't. Make sure you aren't mentally inserting rules that do not exist when you read the answer.

No where in the rules does it say that the DRIVER, HUMAN PLAYER or COACH positions have to be filled by the same person throughout the entire competition. Teams can swap out these positions throughout the competition. All teams have to do is pass the DRIVER, HUMAN PLAYER or COACH button to whatever person on the team that you want as your representative, and away you go. For the 30 minutes it takes to complete the alliance selections, any student on the team can be assigned as COACH (or whatever), and then they pass the position and the button off to someone else. That way, the team can have whoever they want as the representative during alliance selections (as long as it is a student), then have whoever they want as the members of the drive team during the matches.

They way this answer was worded, and particularly when examined in the context of the wording of the original question, seems to indicate that FIRST was adressing a different issue. The wording of the original question can be interpreted as an attempt to make the Alliance Captain a fifth position on the drive team (in addition to the COACH, DRIVERS and HUMAN PLAYER). This answer makes it clear that you can't do that, and that the team is limited to no more than four members of the drive team out on the field (which keeps things consistent with Rule <G31>). I think that they have properly addressed that issue, without restricting which particular individual from the team may be temporarily assigned as the team representative during the alliance selections.

-dave
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