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Originally Posted by Gary Dillard
The head referee at Smoky Mountains came to our team and the team next to us in the pits first thing Friday morning and asked to speak with the drive teams; he specifically told us we were allowed to have a fifth person that did not count toward our 4 on the drive team that could stand on the side of the court and give hand signals. I assume he did the same to all the teams there.
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As I understand it, this is not an official FIRST rule change, but within the discretion of the local Head Ref. The ruling essentially said that teams could have someone outside the court perimeter (past the curtains) making hand signals to indicate a ball under the bridge. This person could be anyone and was NOT an official drive team member.
Essentially, the teams were being allowed to formalize an otherwise unofficial signaling system which has always been available.
Dr. Bob
Chairman's Award is not about building the robot. Every team builds a robot.