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Re: Team Update #2

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Originally Posted by AdamHeard View Post
Some people may say we we're being "Greedy" and thinking we could get away with not having bumpers on all sides. But if we arrived at a regional and many teams were legally competing without them, we'd be terribly upset.
It will happen, so be prepared to be upset.
The teams would not be competing legally btw.
They (inspectors, staff, etc,) would rather have a team compete being illegal, than miss out on the experience because it is too much work to modify something on a lone practice day that they spent 6 weeks making.
They will be told that they are in violation & be given time to fix it, but if it's not perfect, they will be able to slide unfortunately.
I've seen it happen before & it will happen again.

Would you deny a team to compete if they made the effort to fix their problem that practice day? I would say they gave a good effort, & give them credit for trying & allow it as long as it wasn't a clear safety hazard - I know that's a huge grey area, but it will happen.

On the other hand, would you tell them they couldn't compete at all if they didn't care, & went on the field knowing they were illegal without giving any effort to fix it? I would deny them that priviledge if they were arrogant about it, or just didn't care.

It's something to shudder at thinking about it, but you get used to it; while hopefully not getting too stressed about it, & realizing it just comes with the territory.
The best thing to do, is help teams if you have the resources at your regionals to be fully compliant within the rules if they misinterpreted something.
We have all misinterpreted som rules at some time or another, so just give them the benefit of the doubt, & help them if they do not comply with the rules.
If they refuse to change, then bring it up with an inspector & let them handle it.
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