Mythical Six Week Build Season

[Rachel Lim]

Teams that already do well will continue to do well without a bag day.
Teams that already struggle to build a robot will continue to struggle without a bag day.
Teams that already don't use all the time they have will continue to do so without a bag day.
Teams that already have trouble allocating time properly will continue to have trouble without a bag day.

But teams that are able to build a decent robot in six weeks but don't have the funds to build a practice robot built benefit from the elimination of a bag day.


Speaking as someone who has to deal with the school/robotics balance, and from a team that will probably take the lack of a bag day to mean we can put off making decisions even longer, I would definitely miss the bag day. But it's my (or my team's) own responsibility to allocate time properly.

It doesn't make sense to punish a very specific group of teams because of a rule that to many basically doesn't exist.