[Rick Wagner]

Let's suppose for a minute that the ruling stands, one penalty for four empty cells, and that's the approach for future Regionals. Further suppose that it's the consensus of the FIRST community that "taking advantage" of this ruling is not a violation of gracious professionalism.

The question then boils down to, given that 10 points will be lost, "is it good strategy to load four ECs in one robot in autonomous?" That's a tough question that needs to be answered by the alliance together. I am inclined to say it may be worth the risk.