[EricH]

Originally Posted by Nate Smith

To look at it from a different angle, look at the sports world that FIRST is trying to some degree to emulate. I don't believe (and I may be wrong at this, as I don't really follow sports to this degree) that you would find any pro sports program who would say that a "rookie" player would only be considered one who had never touched the ball before in their life.

If any pro sports program did that, they'd probably be violating child labor laws...

To even get into the pro sports leagues, you have to be at least decent. That means you have to handle the game object a bit...