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Originally Posted by Tom Line
I would tend to disagree.
I don't believe this is reasonably logical. It flies in the face of years and years of competitions and what has been legal in the past. This is rules lawyering at it's worst - literal interpretation of the rules without regard to intent.
I also disagree with your statement of "the whole system breaks down". This is FIRST's, and by extension the GDC's, game and rules. They have the ability to do ANYTHING they want to do. If they make a ruling in the Q&A, then pass it on in the Team Updates, then that's just fine. It would certainly save the chaos and confusion that this is creating.
Now, very hopefully, the GDC clarifies this in an update today. If not, I'm certainly going to regard their decision making process in a whole new light.
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FIRST and GDC can only make rulings if teams exist to be ruled upon. I am with you on waiting it out for today. If this decision making process continues, then I am not sure if it is even worth competing since all of us are going to be busy attempting to comply with ridiculous rules anyway. On another note - Shipping lots of batteries in the crate can be EXPENSIVE and break the budget. Isn't there any regard for that?