Team Update 14 (2016)

[Doug G]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Can we just get rid of bag day and withholding allowances already?

DITTO!!

Sorry to derail this... but I can't help myself

I didn't used to be in favor of this, but these past two seasons have really made me re-think my position. I'm tired of raising money for VEX, AndyMark, and McMaster. Don't get me wrong, I love these vendors but the amount of extra parts we purchase to build multiple robots and to also have spare parts is getting ridiculous. This money could be used to help pay for student travel to competition, tools, etc... But we do it to stay competitive and it extends our build season.

For the first time this year, we planned on developing a "scaling" system post bag n tag. We figure after the first couple weeks of competition, we will be able to better determine which method is easiest, lightest, and reliable. So the "bag n tag" restriction isn't really a restriction since you have withholding allowance.

Bag-n-tag is keeping underfunded teams from being competitive. My team is practicing at a location setup by another team that doesn't have resources to build second bot. They unlock the facility for us and watch us practice, which is incredibly gracious of them, but I feel bad for them... they need to practice too!

Get rid of "bag & tag" / "stop build day"... it has lost the significance it used to have.