[santosh]

Wow, that is a side of this arguement that I never saw. I guess you are right. But, this could help a team gauge their own ranking amongst some of the other top teams. It could help them gauge how much to step their game up.
Maybe maybe not. But I completly see your side of the arguement.

EDIT: BEST Robotics actually does their judging by a point system and they give you the ranking list of all the teams and break it down by the different sections they score you by. I don't think that it offends many teams, but then again it doesn't seem as if the BEST award (analagous to the Chairman's Award) is as big of deal to many teams in that competition.
(not actually sure of the compelete relavence to this discussion there is)