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Originally Posted by AdamHeard
It's crazy the burden is on teams to prevent unwarranted red cards... Guilty until proven innocent huh...?
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What if you were on the other side of this? What if you saw a team filling their air tanks with a shop compressor, then watched them wheel it out to the field... when you complained to the head ref, you'd want him taking action, right?
It's not a question of assuming teams are intentionally trying to cheat or not... it's about trying to run an event that is both safe and fair to every team involved. It's not fair to team A to allow an illegal robot to compete against them, but it's also not fair to team B to red card them if they didn't really do anything... there's no way to ensure you're always making the right decision in every situation, as the information at hand may be the same. So you have to set up the rules and guidelines so you're consistent in the rulings, warn the teams ahead of time, and ask them to help you make the event a success for everyone.