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Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV
Allow a ball to be taken off a pedestal at any time but penalize an alliance for inbounding the ball early before the assist lights go off.
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I think the penalty for taking the ball off the pedestal should stay.
I think the penalty for inbounding should only be applied if it is inbounded before the last ball is physically scored (not when scored by the ref).
Rationale: The team has already been penalized for taking a ball off the pedestal. If the ball is inbounded after the last ball has scored, then there really is no harm. It also eliminates the requirement that a team remove the "dead ball" before the next cycle can start.
One other possible change is: When the live ball is scored, the dead ball then becomes a live ball, and the cycle starts from there. Again, the team has already been penalized 100 points (50 for removing from the pedestal, and 50 for inbounding before the last ball is scored) so no team would intentionally do it to save a few seconds.