I see it as follows. If your robot is over weight or outside of the requirement size. It should not compete until otherwise legal. giving the team a special way out is unacceptable and should not have been done at all or even thought of. Let's look at it like this. If you get pulled over for doing 85mph (i don't know the conversion for our Canadian friends up north
) in a 55mph zone in a old rusty Buick. Does the cop believe that his measuring device is wrong because it's a old rusty Buick and let's the driver off with a warning? no. The officer gives the driver a ticket no matter what because their measuring device said that the old rusty Buick was going over 55 mph.
So, the robot should not have been allowed to play any matches at all unless under weight and in the 'box'. If once passed they should have been inspected on a few occasions to see if they stayed legal. the best bet would be to have them measured directly after a match before they even go to their pit area. If they are illegal they should be DQ from their previous match and get no QP. It's just like the speed testing this year but should be normal for all robots that were illegal coming into the event.
I hope this has to never be discussed again on how the robot got away with what it has done and will not happen to any other teams at any other competitions. it's just not right.