[UlTiMaTeP]

A sub-floor, Interesting idea. This would be a nice compromise, other than giving teams an extra 5 feet. The problem is the fact that not all teams engineer things to the same quality. FIRST is just trying to cover themselves from legalities. Sadly, most regionals already take on 1-2 lawsuits per regional, which is a sad statistic for gracious professionalism.