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Re: <G28>
To me it seems pretty simple. G28 states "no matter who initiates the contact" and (more or less) G44 doesn't apply to G28. Therefore, G45 doesn't apply.
Put another way: if a red team is close to the key and a blue team, while in the key, repeatedly touches the red team, then blue keeps getting points. Yes - I think that is the intent of the rule.
You say, "That's not fair!" I say why not? There's no rule saying you have to have your robot near the key. If you don't want to get rung up for fouls, stay more than 6 ft from the key at all times. Keep in mind that the GDC includes rules like this because in general, they don't really want to see defense . They've made it clear in the past that they want the games to emphasize offense. Also, this strategy is pretty common in basketball (familiar with the term "drawing the foul"?)
The ONLY clarification that I see is needed is in the case of a disabled robot.
With all that being said, if I were re-writing the rule I would limit the number of fouls to the number of balls being carried by the robot in their key. For example, if the blue team in the blue key is carrying 2 balls, then the most fouls they could draw is 2.
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