class mate repair / upgrade?

[George]

Hi All
I sent our teams clasmate in for repairs about 2 months ago, after being lost ,found , missplaced, trasferd to another dept., forgot about, rediscoverd and looked at, I am told that the usb port was damaged and not repairbale without replacing the motherboard,($225.00) i asked what a new unit would run and was informed that they are no longer available but a new more powerful replacment was ($470.00)
I asked if this was FIRST approved and was told that several team have been using themsince late last year during competition

Can anyone give me any input on this?
tring to have fun.....