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1. People need to understand, that a match in FRC is 2 minutes of craziness. In any match, if a team is not fully trying, then they might be open to a sneak up victory. Each alliance aims to win, their strategy is generally based off scoring the most amount of points in 2 minutes, and in some cases, maybe even limiting the other alliance's points.

In the basketball match, the players acted with a great amount of Gracious Professionalism. Basketball is about 2.5 hours of intense, analytical game play. Everyone is caught up in the moment, but none the less, the coaches should have understood at half time that they should probably back off, and let the other team *have a chance*. It was really bold of them to offer to forfeit their next match. I do not believe they should need to, but if they believe they must, then it is for them to decide if they wish to approach such extremes of humility.

As for the rule this year, I do not believe that an alliance can completely not have control over what they are doing. In many matches I have seen robots scoring for the other alliance, and this would be nothing new. My only concern is, in those exciting 2 minutes, what happens if things get out of control? People on the field are just content at driving and doing their best.

None the less, the amount of Gracious Professionalism is truly amazing. I applaud the members of the team, coaches and all, for showing such humility.