[Gary Dillard]

Originally Posted by RyanN

We were yellow carded this weekend because of our 5th person on the floor during finals was not allowed to be on the floor. They said on the PA system that each team going into the finals was allowed one extra person to help with the robot. We sent out our normal mentor we always send out, and we were yellow carded because we were only allowed to have 4 people.

No worries though, it did not change the outcome of the competition. We were just not sure why that was against the rules, and still don't. It does hurt our reputation though. We were penalized 12 points for it though.

Maybe someone who saw or was judging the Bayou Regional finals could clarify why were were yellow carded so we don't do it again?

I don't know about the specifics of your match, but I did hear at another regional webcast something to the effect that someone else on their team on the field had been giving signals so they got a yellow card. I've had to warn volunteers and media people about this before - they get carried away cheering and forget they can't give advice like "move closer" because of their advantage point on the field.