[ChuckDickerson]

Option 2 seems to be the best of both worlds to me. Heck, at our regional last year there were only 8 or 9 teams ready to role by the end of Thursday anyway. Everyone else was hard at work all day in the pits and most of the practice matches were empty or at most had only one or two robots on the field a lot of the time. It was very frustrating wanting to be on the practice field and having to wait until our next slot. Whatever is decided I am really encouraged that FIRST is looking into ways to make better use of the practice times on Thursday.