Need for Inspections Rules Changes

[NickE]

Originally Posted by IndySam

And Jenny sometimes teams won't take your help.

This is a huge issue. This year at one of our regionals, there was a team whose drivebase was powered by 5 window motors. They were continuously offered help by our team as well as many other successful veteran teams. They continuously refused help, even yelling at us once for bothering them, saying that "They had worked so hard on their design that they didn't want to change it", even if it meant not competing. They were blaming FIRST for the rules they neglected to read.

Later we found out that we were allied with them in one of our first matches. They must have had good luck, for they were ranked #1 at the end of friday without ever going on the field...

If i remember correctly, they were not rookies.