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Originally Posted by yarb65
In almost all sports the coach coaches from the sideline. If the coach doe not they can be penalized. It just seems that FIRST does not want to budge on this. If parents were surveyed you might find different results. They are the ones who complain to me.
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Define "sideline" in respect to FRC.
No, seriously. That may be what the parents--or all of us--need, is a definition of "sideline".
Remember, in all sports, the coach can signal (verbally or otherwise) to his/her players. It's not uncommon for NFL head coaches to tell the players what they need to be doing right before a play begins. (Setting up the robot could potentially fall into this category.)
And, in FRC, anybody other than a driver (pre-college, by definition), operating the robot is a technical foul. (It used to be worse; I want to say a red card for contacting the controls for the coach--regardless of age.)
So, let's define "on the sideline". The "sideline", in FRC, is anything behind the operator console and its operators--I think that's a reasonable description. (In the bleachers counts as "not on the field".) If the coach is back there, coaching (adult or student), they are on the sideline. If they make contact with the controls, particularly if they operate the robot, they are now "on the field" and liable to penalty (and T-fouls ain't light).
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