[EricH]

Originally Posted by Brandon Zalinsky

I didn't watch this live, but isn't reaching an appendage outside of the field a penalty?

In the regular season, it depended on which week, and where, and how far.

However, for IRI, the basic foul part of that was removed, leaving continuous/repeated violations as a technical foul, along with contact outside the safety zone as a major foul. IF a team was repeatedly reaching outside safety zone, then a tech foul should have been called--but, speaking as a ref, the safety zone was the absolute hardest thing to enforce, particularly for minor violations.


@websass: It's entirely possible that they weren't trying to prevent a shot, but to throw off the aim. One of the best ways to throw off aim is to hit the corner of a robot, repeatedly if they return to their start position. Thus, it's entirely possible that it was accidental that they ended up on top of another robot. But, even an accidental maneuver that ends that way is probably going to net a technical foul at least--and the refs will probably have their choice of fouls to call (pinning, damaging contact inside frame perimeter, and inhibition are all technical fouls).