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Originally Posted by vivek16
One of our mentors got a job at Wago as the sales rep. for the midwest.  I think he is working on getting discounts for teams in the midwest or something like that. I love their cage clamp technology!!
-Vivek |
I am new to FIRST so I may be misinterpreting the rules.
But if your mentor gets the Midwest teams a discount on parts then those may become illegal if used on next year's robots.
I am sure someone more experienced will correct me if I am wrong. Also please don't take this personally as I am trying to learn how to interpret FIRST rules. I am basing my opinion on the 2008 Financial rules, I don't think 2009 rules will be much changed.
Just taking your statement at face value. Say the midwest teams are given a midwest only discount on Wago parts. If these parts are only used for pre-season training and not put on the 2009 robot not a problem.
But use them on the 2009 robot and they become illegal as other teams outside the Midwest can't buy these COTS at the same price. From reading of the rules if a COTS part can not be brought by all teams for the same price then it can't be used?
Am I reading the rules correctly?