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Originally Posted by 1075guy
We need to stop asking questions like the one that caused this whole debacle about whether a battery + cables = NON-COTS.
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Unfortunately, I don't think asking questions to the Q&A is the problem.
I can see how a battery with a connector attached to it could be a fabricated item.
I can also see how a battery, commonly used by every team with it's connector attached could be an exception to the rule.
With both interpretations "valid" and "logical" ways of thinking, this allows for variation across the regionals. As aggravating as it is to have the more literal and less common sense (IMO) interpretation of the rule as the GDC's ruling, I think it would be twice as bad if it was left to each individual regional volunteer crew to make that decision as teams are walking in the door. Without it defined, you have more of a chance of one regional saying one thing and the other saying another.