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While there are no rules prohibiting shorts, they become inconvenient when you invariably have to get down on your hands and knees in the pit or brush against something with a sharp/rough edge. For this reason I would recommend against them, especially for those who plan to work in the pits or are a member of the drive team (or both!).

I know in the process of lifting the robot on/off of the field you often end up scraping against your robot or the field, I know I caught my calf on the edge of the rail of the field perimeter leaving through the exit carrying a robot multiple times. People end up drilling and creating potentially sharp metal shavings in the pits, and if you were to kneel to get a better angle in the pits with shorts on you run the risk of embedding whatever swarf is on the floor into your legs (removal afterwords isn't fun). This is why I would recommend long pants, especially if you are planning to work in/around the pits and robots.