Collaboration with Oppnents: Gracious or just shrewd?

[punarhero]

Hi everyone,
This question was a big one at many regionals last year, and I think it'll be much better if we, the FIRST community, agree upon something before going into the competition. IS IT OK TO COLLABORATE (some people call it making deals) WITH YOU OPPONENTS DURING MATCHES, AND IF SO, TO WHAT EXTENT?
Consider this scenario:
A team comes up to you, who is your opponent in the next match, and asks you if you will be willing to not take their mobile goal and they won't take yours, and you decide the battle in the middle platform at the end. Or furthermore, if they ask you not to interfere with their balls and they won't interfere with yours, how about that? Would you agree?
Everyone is entitle to their opinion, and I think that this doesn't violate FIRST ideals; if anything, it promotes them. If you can play a match in collaboration with four teams, that's great. The competition aspect still remains to be decided on the middle platform, so the match is not rigged, as many would call it.
What do you guys think?