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Originally Posted by petek
That said, we really don't know what FIRST's reasoning is behind banning non-FIRST machine shops. For all we know, it might be coming from some of the venues. I can only imagine what the reaction the manager of a college field house would be when he sees metal chips falling to the covering over his precious basketball court's hardwood. Or maybe some venues prohibit non-union personnel from using machine tools on premises. Possibly it is the same kind of interpretation of "level playing field" that led to the week one match generation algorithm. We can speculate forever, but until we know the reasoning behind the rule there is little use in flaming insurance companies, lawyers and safety professionals. Well, I guess they are always fair game, but that should be in Chit-Chat!
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Well guess what FIRST? You are dealing with Engineers here and we are a special breed. Engineers don't want to know just that a rule has been written, but more importantly why, and who it will effect. The lame exscuse of "it's in the name of safety" may work for your average Joe, but when I can pull up an OSHA pamphlet that says something like "in a work environment glasses with tints
are allowed", (just one example) then you need to come up with some better reasoning for some rulings.