"Spare Parts" Rules Are Broken

[rees2001]

I watched this exact thing happen last year at The Buckeye Regional. A team brought in their "practice" robot and I watched all day as they systematically took parts off it and put them onto their competition robot. They ended up going on to the finals I believe. It didn't seem fair. I see that team went to GLR this year, I hope they didn't do the same thing again.

This year, as always, we will be brinning a supply of backup parts, but they are identical to the ones found on our robot and hopefully won't be needed. That isn't unfair, it just smart. The only thing we put in our crate was the robot. We even took off the practice signs, & yes we made new ones. The team number is a little bigger on the new ones.

You just have to remember why you are doing this. Winning is great, but if you can teach the kids a good lesson, that is so much better. I don't think this team you and/or I am talking about is teaching a very good lesson.