FRC rules around seating need to change.

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Originally Posted by Citrus Dad

We largely do that already. Much of the issue is that scouts actually need breaks and will leave. We've had people than come sit in those empty seats and assert ownership. In addition, certain scouts often have multiple roles at the beginning of the day and putting their butt in a seat isn't the highest priority among those activities.

FIRST should dedicate seats for scouting for each team. They can give 10 seats to each team for scouting and those seats are marked as reserved for that team. In addition, these seats can be placed at the "50 yard line" of the FRC field for optimal scouting. If reserving seats is not feasible for an event, FIRST should have required cameras that stream matches at optimal angles for scouting and this stream shold be standard across all events. When FIRST made a public API it helped get a lot of raw data for scouting but they need to continue to support scouting at events by improving seating and streams.