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Re: Elimination Time-Outs: or Gracious Professionalism vs. The Schedule
Over this years, giving the other alliance your timeout has turned from a very gracious action, to a basically expected one. Honestly you do not really have a choice, because if you DIDNT give them your timeout you were being "un-GP".
I have given another alliance our timeout to let them compete and it is a good thing, but I think FIRST is right in making this rule. Its not right for teams that do not need to use their timeouts to have to give theirs up to make them not look like jerks.
As unfortunate as it may be to have your robot breakdown and not be completely repaired by the end of your timeout, its just the way life is sometimes.
Given if the other alliance is still in it after completing a match without full functionality, you are probably going to give up your timeout anyway...
Good luck everyone.
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