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I reluctantly voted "no". The ship date is a common feature for all FRC teams, and... love it or hate it (usually I do both), is also constrained by the first week of competitions. Mostly, though, I voted "no" because one of the great things about FIRST is that it is very reliable, and very firm in enforcing rules.... and one of the great things about the FRC community is how it comes together to help teams work within those rules. As much as the inflexibility drives me nuts at times, it is reassuring to know that there are no "unimportant" rules.

I have to agree with Tristan, however, when he points out that the kits simply need to be shipped sooner to overseas competitors.

Crossing the Canada/US border is a breeze compared to what overseas teams face, but it is enough of a pain in the butt to give me great empathy for the challenges they face.

If we can trust hundreds of Michigan teams to "bag and tag", their robots, I'm sure we can trust dozens of overseas teams to "bag and tag" their KoP until kickoff if it arrives early.

Enforce the rule.... but fix the problem.

Jason