[Madison]

I think this could lead to an interesting, larger discussion about to what extent mentors should be and are paid to participate on FRC teams.

I was once offered payment to mentor an FRC team and turned it down. Now that I'm working full-time at a real job and mentoring full-time, though, I'd consider taking payment for being a mentor -- particularly if it meant that I could devote my full attention to it.

I know that there have been more than a few instances of teams borrowing coaches from other teams. For as long as it's mentors displacing other mentors, I think I'm okay by it. I'd be less comfortable with mentors taking over a role held by a student unless there was a pretty solid understanding that it was okay by the student -- and I don't think that understanding can happen in the midst of an event.