Ethics of Telling a Team "No"

[IronicDeadBird]

The reason why I see a lot of teams taking chances on Auton' is that it paints the robot in a better light. It says "we have the capability!" for those teams who recognize that odds are against them for them getting to be one of the people who picks alliances the next best thing they can do is make them self look attractive so they will be picked. Besides nobody wants to see something they put hard work into not be utilized so there is always a little bit of ego.