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Originally Posted by bduddy
-So the point of declining is if you are already in the top 8 (or expect to be)? I had never realized that before-I always just thought it was in the rulebook so the "acceptance" song-and-dance could be at least minimally important. I had no idea anyone ever actually did it...
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Yep it happens, the last two years at VCU a team has declined (384 in '06 and 116 in '07). It also has happened at the Championship the last two years (and probably before, I don't remember). In most cases, teams do it because they feel that they can form a more powerful alliance on their own than if they joined with the inviting team. I imagine a team might also decline if their robot was broken and unrepairable, but I have never heard of that happening.