[Bryan Herbst]

I would expect most off-season events to run the same way that week 0 events were run.

At the week 0 that 2052 hosted with 2472, we trained our field staff to know when a pedestal should "light." When a team should be able to take a ball off the pedestal, the field staff allowed the team to retrieve a ball.

If an off-season event isn't using the FMS, there's a pretty good chance that they don't have the full field (including lights) anyway, so actually controlling the lights on the field shouldn't be an issue.

That being said, the lights are very useful on the field (even if not strictly necessary). An enterprising team might create an application that displays this information, then project it instead of the standard scoring screen.