pic: We didnt have to uncart our robot

[Jon K.]

I believe this was the team I had seen Wednesday, but because I was volunteering I had gained pit access a bit early, and as I was walking by some other volunteers who didn't know better started talking about how rude it was for teams to come in early and uncrate. At that point I went up to them and told them that if they took some time to look at what they were discussing they would see the nails bent in unusual ways and that obviously the crate had been dismantled due to shipping not from a team. This isn't the first time an incident of crate breakage has occurred either unfortunately. I think FIRST should maybe set some guidelines for teams of what a minimum crate should be made out of maybe? I know a lot of teams have crates that they have used/spent lots of money on, and I know there are teams who maybe can't afford a lot of money for a crate made of all diamond plating, but I feel there has to be some way a team can insure a half way decent shipping of their pride and joy.