Last year's kit frame

[Tristan Lall]

Originally Posted by EricH

Thanks for asking, Kevin. You have clarification and an explanation.

http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=11616

Wait, what? A never-used 2008 kit frame (item 1) is neither of the things listed at the top of <R32>, and therefore points A through C can't apply to it. That part of the response does not follow from the rules.

As for items 2 and 3, they could have been clearer about the fine distinction between custom-made-for-FIRST and in the kit, as compared to identical-to-a-custom-FIRST-part and bought commercially.

I'm a bit surprised by the rationale for this rule, as well. What's so special about an IFI kit frame, as opposed to all of the other things that FIRST teams accumulate over the years? (Tangible and intangible.) And given that there's no practical way to inspect this, does it really make much sense to make this small distinction? Veterans will either be moderately inconvenienced (they've got a pile of metal they can't use on the robot anymore), or will just ignore this (out of spite or ignorance); either way, there's effectively no enforceability.