[GaryVoshol]

The only thing I can find in the Michigan rules is a statement that 3rd event teams will not earn points toward the state championship.

I have to believe though that those points will simply disappear from the event. For example, suppose Alliance Captains #4 and #7 were at their third event, as was the 14th pick overall. You can't just pass those points down to the next eligible teams, because you don't know what teams that would be. There were three teams at the end that were never picked, so they don't appear in the picking order.

Similarly, suppose the finalist alliance was made up of all 3rd event teams. You can't say those points now go to one of the semi-finalist alliances.

And you can't restrict teams in their third event from competing in the finals. That would restrict the picking ability of other teams. Say the top ranked team wants a certain team in their alliance, a team competing in their third event. Are we going to say they can't choose that team which could help them earn points? And the team can't simply decline the invitation; maybe that team would become an alliance captain on their own and compete against the #1 alliance.

About the only thing FiM could do is instruct judges not to give awards to teams that are in their third event. But that kind of taints the winners of the awards - they'll never know if they were the best team or just the best non-restricted team for that award.