Is this legal

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by Derek Bessette

<R29> Teams may bring a maximum of 25 pounds of custom FABRICATED ITEMS (SPARE PARTS, REPLACEMENT PARTS, and/or UPGRADE PARTS) to each competition event to be used to repair and/or upgrade their robot at the competition site. All other FABRICATED ITEMS to be used on the robot during the competition must arrive at the competition venue packed in the shipping crate with the robot.

Key word = bring. They obviously didn't bring this with them, since they got it from the weight room. - MY thought remains, it's still legal.

edit: This is not applicable within this rule anyways, as Nuttyman points out below, it's definitely a COTS item. Thanks for totally ruining my argument Nuttyman. Nonetheless, as for the Spare parts rule in general, my following original thought does apply, just not in this specific case..

Team A brings 25 pounds of Spares, replacements, and then before finals, They ask Team B for a (say 5 pounds for argument's sake) spare part at the event site that they forgot to bring, or just didn't plan ahead for. Are you gonna DQ the team from competing because they were short on supplies, and asked a team who graciously gave them what they needed yet went over the 25 pound mark? Are you going to DQ the other team for assisted rule breaking??? I don't think so.

Stop beating this horse to death. It was accepted by the inspectors, and every one else at this event, and I would accept this at my event if I were an inspector as well.

At all FIRST events there is a lot of harmony, but at other times things happen differently. You can't harmonize all these events no matter how much you want to, or how much you try. It's just not gonna happen. Things happen differently from Regional 1, to Regional 2, to Regional 3, etc. etc..
Just accept it and move on.