With the ability to photograph hardware side-by-side if need be (perhaps he has done this as a best practice thing already) and/or supply invoices for the purchases, I can't see any legitimate reason for this decision. You've said a lot of words, but the community -not all of which is on OCF- seems to be pretty supportive of their plight.
In the face of concrete proof (which you haven't asked for...please, ask...he'll give it I'm certain), there is absolutely NO reason for you to disallow the combination of daughter + account + points + team. Of course she wants to be on his team, he's her father. 'Oh, I'm sorry, because you haven't cheated and you both were up front, you can't bench side-by-side with your dad...for the community's sake lest one of them some day accuse you of cheating.' That's illogical.
The only possible argument for your solution of not-this-combo is that he is giving her lots of coaching, telling her what to do. Should that invalidate my scores? I livestream when I go cold, and people help me by literally telling me what to do next when I get stuck. Heck, the other night I had five other people present physically, one on the phone and at least a dozen on livestream, all telling me what to do when I got stuck. Should that invalidate my scores because I got lots of coaching?
Who is this community of which you speak? They certainly haven't come in here voicing their opposition to the account combination the bot staff is so against.
I like you massman, you do a lot of good for our community, but this time I'm sorry to say IMHO you're just wrong; as is the staff that's in accordance with this decision. NO rules have been broken by your own admission, and there is no justification for disallowing the combination.
Dejo and Dejo's daughter accounts
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Agree totally.