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Human Player Option
One way of eliminating the rush to return to the pad would be to allow human players to place bins for a 10 second period, after which a buzzer sounds. Any bin not placed, or any bin in contact with the human player is removed for the match. You would not necessarily start with 8 bins in your scoring zone. This encourages hustle, but doesn't make the HP run or jump to get to a pad.
Yes, the call as to whether a person is touching the bins at the buzzer or not will put more responsibility on the referees, but it will also improve the safety aspect.
I did see two slips at Annapolis, though neither resulted in injury that I could observe. 10 seconds to rush back to a pad is just ridiculous in terms of safety.
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