[M. Lillis]

Realtime scores will change an alliance's strategy in a match. It is a product of the matches being so short. This is not like a football game, where you can do one play and stop to think about your next action, based on what happened on the last down. I think that the GDC needs to look into the effect of penalties on a match. 50 pt penalties can change who wins a match. 5-15 yards in a football is insignificant in the grand scheme of things, but in the moment it changes your next play.

Just like football has rules that change coaches challenges under 2 minutes, maybe FRC needs rules about the value of penalties in the last 30 seconds. Make technicals 50 pts for the first few minutes. Then in the final 30 seconds decrease the value of a technical to something more manageable, like 30 pts. This makes penalties more manageable, based on the time left on the board.