Cheating in FRC

[Dinokaiz2]

Hey, CD-

I'd like to bring attention to a post made today on r/FRC:

Hello Reddit,

It has apparently come down to this. I was trying to avoid this, but it seems unavoidable.

A little background on our team, I would consider our team a powerhouse team. Usually qualifying for championship, and for most of the past years, we have won atleast one regional win each season.

This is great and all, but our team is cheating. We do not follow the 6 weeks limit. Our mentors justify cheating with "It doesn't matter as long as the kids learn and have fun." Now, this is a good point, but the kids (especially me) would have more fun winning and winning honestly. Most of the kids/mentors on our team don't go on this reddit or CD, in fact I don't think any of them do, except me.

Additionally, the have been blatantly lieing during chairman's. Mentors do most of the chairman, and just pull some kids who don't know much to present. Now, thankfully we haven"t won it yet, but...

This is my second year on the team. I first went along with it, but after the first season, I got very interested in FRC, which led me to here and CD. Then I realized we were cheating.

When I confronted the lead mentor, he essentially ignored me and just tried to keep me as far as away from the team now. He "forgot" to email me about upcoming leadership, and I feel like I should quit right this moment.

Help and many thanks, a concerned member

(TL;DR: Someone's team is cheating by going over the 6 weeks.)

About 13 hours after this was posted, the OP commented on the thread, saying:

EDIT: Reddit, I am forced to close this thread, as a member of my team regonized the story etc.

Thank you for all the advice: how ever I don't think I have the courage to report the team.

Despite the OP deciding to refrain from reporting his/her team, I felt it my responsibility to bring this to the FIRST community. Something needs to be done about this. If anyone reading this knows or is a member of the team described, PLEASE report it. Not only is this behavior toxic to the members of the team by degrading their ethical values, it's toxic to all of FRC because of the legitimate teams that don't get to go to World Champs because of this illegitimate team. It also spits in the face of Gracious Professionalism.

To clarify: I'm not personally involved with the person whose team is cheating, I'm merely a bystander who thought it important to take action.