[Eric O]

My take is that almost everything is fair game during alliance selection. There is a set of rules that everyone is playing by and like everything in FIRST there is a strategy to it. If you earned a spot in the top 8, you have the right to pick whoever is left and at the same time decline whoever picks you. What I don't agree with is lying to people or promising a pick. If a team asks if you are on the list or if they are going to pick you, people should be honest. Telling them you are not going to share the information is fine, as once again you have earned the right to do what you want as a top seed.

-Eric