[MARS_James]

I have never had anyone at any event ask me to leave the pit for opening ceremonies, or awards so I was unaware this was even an issue, just goes to show what issues effect different competitions. As stated above there is a clear rule stating the appropriateness of what can and can not be done, and their has only been one time where anything happened in a pit to disrupt the ceremonies that i attended and that was the 2012 South Florida Regional which was in one big basketball court, pits and all, and it was a robot driving off the teams table and making a very loud crash.

So maybe it is just me but the manual says the rules, if venue staff/volunteers choose not to follow the rules, then that is an issue that individual teams need to take up with the volunteer/regional coordinators.