FIRST's Bag and Tag policies...

[Bryan Herbst]

I do agree that it seems silly to not allow teams to remove their robots from events themselves if their next event is bag and tag.

However, I believe that one of the major reasons FIRST will not allow your regional to bag and tag is that bag and tag is still very young and FIRST is still trying it out. They do not want to simply convert all regionals to bag and tag before they are absolutely sure it will work and before they have worked out all the kinks.

Having two systems does create a bit of a hassle, but in the end I believe it will result in a solid system for next year, when I expect FIRST will roll out bag and tag to the rest of (or at least a majority of) the regionals.