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Well...it really depends year to year. In any particular case, having 100% of the field never gives a team a strategic advantage over the other, but having essential parts of the field made can be helpful.

Take this past year for example, the racks and the central scoring area were really important to be able to test on and work with. My team built without either one and then we had to spend hours at practice facility making adjustments.

As far as buying a full field is concerned, I think that having an official might be mentally comforting, but I'm not sure if it makes a big difference as far as performance is concerned.