And we all know how Dean hates violence.

*thinks back to 1997*

Re: No prob...
 

In fact, we did have those big blow-up plastic punching things. I remember them looking like beach balls on your hands (perhaps a little flatter on the top, though). Later, we got extra-padded boxing gloves for a gift. I knocked my brother out once and that was the end of fighting implements for us. ( that goes to show how different things used to be - these days, who would give their kids a blow-up thing that allows them to punch other people?)

What happened in '97?

My guess is that it was a reference to the banning of tipping of other robots. I don't think that's particularly a violence issue as much as an objective issue. I'd see that as equivalent to tackling a player in basketball instead of trying to steal the ball from. Contact is good, destruction is not. :)

Matt

Actually, he banned it in '98 because some teams took advantage of that old "T5" rule. But it looks really cool if you watch the old tapes, especially of the NH regional.

anybody go back and see where this year's game came from...