A comment about alliance selection in off season events

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Originally Posted by XaulZan11

I'm not sure it's other teams place to tell other teams who they cannot or shouldn't pick. Similar to the adults on drive team and mentor involvement, it should be up to those individual teams to make decisions for their team based on their goals and values.

The captains still have full control over who the pick as long as its not another alliance captain. At least for CTTD. And I agree it should be up to the individual team members on who to pick, but by forcing the best teams to pick from outside themselves it makes the entire elimination process more competitive and more entertaining for the spectators and the teams involved. And the goal of FIRST is to inspire students to get involved in STEM related carrier fields and activities and to have fun. And when the completion is more competitive, the entire experience is more fun.