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Originally Posted by AdamHeard
I say anything that is saving teams money during this time is perfectly appropriate.
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I wouldn't blanket "anything" as ok, especially not at the expense of a sponsor. Both teams have a 2009 controller, and during the early build season I'm pretty sure the teams can survive on just one controller. I don't think it's that difficult to remove only the cRIO from the old robot and use it for 2010. Bluateam "
usually buy several controllers". Well, then they should pay full price rather than taking advantage of the system.
Thus, neither team is going out of its way or sacrificing to help the other -- they're simply using what's already available to them to circumvent the simpler solution. Additionally, unless Bluateam is using all of those controllers to demonstrate old robots during the build season, it's my opinion that this situation is very excessive. Even more, since Bluateam did it this year, they'll probably do it again in the future. Bluateam is taking advantage of the system, Redateam is an accomplice, thus both should be stricken from being allowed to win any awards.
Why should FIRST reward this behavior?