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Unread 04-11-2006, 18:32
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Re: pic: more

My post was meant to have a sarcastic tone to it but, this issue is going to become more prevalent in the future. Maybe it started with a transmission, then some wheels and now a entire drive train assembly. What will be next? If left unchecked the very nature of the competition will change. Will this be a good thing for the program? There will always be a few that will push the rules as far as possible until they get smacked down. Then First will come under fire for their heavy handedness. The above post shows the lawyer mentality and then there are the bean counters that can use creative accounting to show that a 5000$ part actually cost 300 dollars. This will get out of control if teams start emphasizing winning over the process and the core goals. This thread and some others should be a wake up call for First that there are going to be issues down the road and they need to be addressed now before things spiral out of control.
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