Cheating in FRC

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Originally Posted by Dinokaiz2

Hey, CD-
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.

How, in precise terms, did this this team cheat? Did they un-bag their robot and work on it? Did they build a practice robot to work on? Did they build parts that could be considered part of the withholding allowance? It's really difficult to assess the situation without these pieces of information.

On top of this, even if the team in question was blatantly breaking a rule, public shaming is hardly the best way to remedy the situation.