[Jason Kixmiller]

Definitely a hard topic...

I believe that one of the toughest challenges of the FIRST competition is the size/weight requirements. I believe that a rule is a rule and if a team doesn't follow this rule, they shouldn't be allowed to compete at all. It certainly isn't a happy scenario - the team worked hard to create their robot, etc. - but providing leniency toward one team creates an unfair advantage and sidesteps a challenge of the game. I don't think this team should have played past practice rounds until the inspection was fully passed.