YMTC - No battery plugged-in

[mtaman02]

Originally Posted by SilverStar

That's the part I don't understand. How is it GP to bend the rules? Even if both parties agree?

GP has the power to bend the rules so that all teams are on equal playing ground. Almost like the light side of the force.

Think of it this way. If there was no restriction on what kind of parts to build a robot think of what teams could roll in with. (Armored Tanks, and APCs overly exaggereated exaples). Now through the Graciousness of FIRST we have rules so that all teams are on level playing ground.

If that team ran out at that very last second. Will you be able to live with the fact that you DQ'd a team just as they approached the field. I Know i couldn't. In the pits weird and odd stuff happens. (e.g. The battery won't sit in the robot properly umm doing last minute rundowns to make sure the robot can do its job)

I would let the match play in that scenario too. But if they had shown up after the match then I would have to say the score is score. You can show up before the match begins and play but after the match that would be unfair.