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Re: Unscheduled Team Update: 3-20-2014

The issue is not the intent of the rules change. I am all for controlling robot damage and opening up some room for scoring. My big worry is that this new ruling is so open-ended that just about anything could be called.

I am just visualizing some critical moment in the eliminations when a robot loses a roller and the opposing alliance gets a tech foul for what amounts to an incidental collision and a loose part. If the new rules are taken to the letter, then this scenario is entirely possible.

I just hope that the Refs have concrete instructions from FIRST and that they communicate some very specific instructions to the drive teams prior to the start of qualifications at each event.
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