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Re: Team Update #2

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Originally Posted by Elgin Clock View Post
It will happen, so be prepared to be upset.
The teams would not be competing legally btw.
They would rather have a team compete being illegal, than miss out on the experience because it is too much work to modify something on a lone practice day that they spent 6 weeks making.
They will be told that they are in violation & be given time to fix it, but if it's not perfect, they will be able to slide unfortunately.
I've seen it happen before & it will happen again.
Would you deny a team to compete if they made the effort to fix their problem that practice day? I would say they gave a good effort, & give them credit or trying & allow it as long as it wasn't a clear safety hazard.
On the other hand, would you tell them they couldn't compete at all if they didn't care, & went on the field knowing they were illegal without giving any effort to fix it? I would.
It's something to shudder at thinking about it, but you get used to it; while hopefully not getting too stressed about it, & realizing it just comes with the territory.
The best thing to do, is help teams if yuo have the resources at your regionals to be fully compliant within the rules if they misinterpreted something.
We have all misinterpreted som rules at some time or another, so just help them if they do.
If they refuse to change, then bring it up with an inspector & let them handle it.
I'm familiar with the instances you're talking about, hopefully they would consider bumpers easy enough to add that they won't go back on this rule. Ideally, they'd let teams slide on bumper mounting (maybe not exactly on bumper perimeter, not supported along the whole length, etc..) rather than just let teams go without bumpers on all sides.
 


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