Change Of Match Schedule

[Rick TYler]

Originally Posted by Imprudent

I understand the reasons, but does no one find it concerning that the organization is breaking its own rules?

Are the reasons good? - Yes
Are they still breaking the rule, no matter how good the reasons are? - YES!

You need to be a little flexible and the rules should be changed to allow some leeway. I haven't heard that anyone has modified schedules for any nefarious purposes, as the only specific examples given here were to insure that the event is fair. I doubt many teams would really have an objection to that.

Please remember that these events are not run by students with a deep personal interest in the outcome. The adult volunteers want to run a smooth, fair tournament and just don't care who "wins." I think I can speak for about every adult volunteer in FIRST in saying that I think the students win by being on a team that builds a robot, and that (while I would like my teams to win every event) I'm a lot more interested in you all having a great experience. When someone rebuilds the qualifying match schedule when a team withdraws at 7am on Friday, they are doing it to insure that you -- the students -- have the best experience possible. We do it for you -- not to you. And yes, the rule you quote is less important than providing the best possible tournament.