[PAR_WIG1350]

I was disappointed to see that protected zone violations were, once again, an exception to the rule that says REDROBOT may not force BLUEROBOT to incur penalties. REDROBOT should never be able to force BLUEROBOT to incur penalties, not even once per season*. The rationale behind this rule is most likely to remove the issue of ambiguity for cases in which it is difficult to determine who initiated contact, but I feel it would have been far better to have said:

"if it is difficult to determine who initiated contact, no penalty will be issued and the team who would have otherwise received a penalty will receive a warning from the referee."

That is my .00002 Kilodollars.

*once per season is just an example, In other words even if it isn't "exploiting" <G44> (i.e. it is just an [apparently?] incidental occurrence), you actions should never result in the other alliance receiving fouls.