[rich2202]

G28 is "Deliberate" or "Damaging". With Blue extended, they are taking the risk. If they cause unintentional damage, they still caused damage. G28 is a technical, and there is no lower "foul" for unintentional damage.

Which I think is good. The opponent could be negligently driving extended. If G28 required intent then how do you penalize them for negligence?

"Deliberate" without damage is hard to call. "Deliberate" would require repeated inside the frame contact with hope of causing damage. Again, "wanton disregard" is not "deliberate". Thus, damage must be called, regardless of who initiated the contact. If you are the bull in the china shop, then you better be careful of the china.

Now, if the opponent drove at you with the intent to draw the G28 technical, then that would be a G14 violation, and G28 could be waived. They could also be in violation of G27 if they had the intention to damage the extended piece (playing the extension, and not the bot).