[JesseK]

Ok Dave, I agree my arguments were made upon assumptions. Without guidance from NI or FIRST, you are correct that everyone who argues against this practice is basing it off of misguided logic due to this lack of guidance. Yet perhaps it's simply logic that would rather error on the side of caution.

It's like the rules each year: they're ambiguous to some, but to others there is only one interpretation that removes all doubt of whether or not something is legal. The GDC then reacts to those who need clarification and attempts to eliminate grey areas. Who knows how NI or the 2010 rules will react to this thread's bipolar arguments. Yet if the end result of this scenario would be NI revoking the discount for all of FRC then we all lose and this whole thread is moot. I'm not sure why a team would even risk that type of result, which is the basis of my argument. That's logical to me.