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View Poll Results: Should teams be allowed to make repair parts for their robot after a competition is o
Yes - Robots do break - Give us until Tuesday following. 80 61.54%
No - You break you will have to tuff out the repair on site 28 21.54%
No - Just pack up and go home, forget the nationals 3 2.31%
Just break the rule 19 14.62%
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I've read through this entire thread. Everyone makes some good point here or there.

Personally, I consider the football analogy to be the most disgusting thing in this whole issue.
Football and Gracious Professionalism are mutually exclusive philosophies.

By making this ruling, it is now now FIRSTs responsibility to ensure that the machine shops at all competitions have the capability and manpower to handle any machining work that went in to the creation of each and every robot. If you are going to tie our hands behind our backs, then you are going to have to feed us.

Consider this a possible solution. If the machine shop at the competitions are unable to support the machining of repair parts, for whatever reason be it lack of capability or time, then FIRST should put in place a process allowing a team to waiver the rule within some reasonable limits. What would be a reasonable limit? The Tuesday ship to the drayage time limit sounds very fair. Or going to an off-site machine shop that can handle the work.
I'm sure others might have more or better suggestions on this subject.
Let's hear the suggestions for fixing this. We've already heard about how much it stinks.

Additionally, I also feel strongly that it is up to the mentors on all teams to ensure that the drivers and operators of their robots understand the importance this year of good sportsmanship. No excuses about getting "caught up in the heat of the battle". This can be as much of a mental game as a physical game. It's up to us to decide how to play it.

Well, this has turned in to a bit more than 2 cents worth. I hope it will help someone think up a solution to the problem.
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