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What if I cannot field a loader for one of my teams?


5432A
22-Aug-2024

Here's my original question: "The manual is not very clear on this. If there are (2) two person teams that come together to form an alliance, who would be able to be the loader since drivers cannot be loaders? rule <G4 c iii>"<G4>

The answer stated that we can just pull a loader from another team, but that they become a member of that team for the rest of the game now. This would essentially rob one of my other two 3 person teams of a member, and then I would still have the same issue, now with another one of my teams. The loader has a very simple job, I do not understand why my teams cannot help each other out, since we will have to practice this way anyway. So I ask again, in a situation where an alliance has (2) two person teams, and not enough other people on the other teams to field a loader without taking a necessary member from another team, what happens then?

I have (2) three person teams, and (1) two person team.

G4  
Answered by committee
22-Aug-2024

As described in Clause D of rule <G11>:

If a Team only has two members, they must exercise one of the substitute Loader options listed in rule <G4c>.

A Loader cannot fill that role for more than one Team during an Event. However, the allowance provided by clause Ciii of rule <G4> does not require that the substitute Loader be from a Team within the same organization. It is quite common for VEX IQ Teams to consist of more than three students, and it is likely that a Team from another organization at the event will be able to help.