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Originally Posted by EricH
There was a rule. The "civility rule" has been in the manual for a long long time. [Edit] Found it, courtesy of FIRST's archive.
That would have been a red if that was the rule, but then there was another rule, also a longtime rule. The "egregious behavior" rule, in fact, is in exactly the same place as it was this year.
I'm guessing that the ref called "uncivil behavior in the Arena" and HQ downgraded to "egregious team member behavior".
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Good call on the "civility rule". You'll notice that T6 specifically changes the civility rule and allows for cards to be issued outside of the ARENA. That is, the old G13 said "Teams will not receive RED/YELLOW CARDS for off-ARENA actions" while T6 says "All Teams must be civil towards their own Team members, other Teams, competition personnel, FIELD staff, and event attendees while at an FIRST Robotics Competition event."
I believe FIRST did this intentionally, to allow the refs to card teams who behaved poorly outside of the field of play (i.e. in the stands or in the pits). As defined in the 2014 rule book, the ARENA is
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Originally Posted by Section 2.1
The ARENA includes all elements of the game infrastructure that are required to play AERIAL ASSIST: the FIELD, the
ALLIANCE STATIONS, the BALLS, and all supporting communications, ARENA control, and scorekeeping equipment.
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