[EricH]

Originally Posted by PAR_WIG1350

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There were no past behaviors that inspired these rules.

For the two you mentioned, those are game-specific.

For the intentional tipping, there is past behavior. There are some teams from the early 90s that were known for sending opponent robots onto their backs--I number no numbers.

For contact with a downed robot, I've had that happen to one of my team's robots. Knocked down, at least somewhat on purpose. While we were trying to deploy an arm to get upright, we were hit, tipped onto another side, and shoved from midfield to the player station. Disabled us for the duration of the match.

The one problem with the rule suggested is that it opens up pinning, blocking the field, and possibly some other strategies that would take offense out of the games.