[Anthony Kesich]

Originally Posted by Wayne C.

There is no reason why goaltending shouldn't be allowed- pit human vs machine. Otherwise this becomes a basketball game where the robots are incidental. I've already been instructed by team advisors to find a basketball player to be the human player. My God- this sounds like the antithesis of FIRST is supposed to be! Bring in the athlete to show that a good athlete is the only way you can be successful in a robot competition!

In a basketball game there is defense. If every time a player received a ball everyone cleared the basket to give him a clear shot I doubt basketball would be exciting.

But in basketball, you can still block on the way up, just like you can in this game. A little trivia fact, but the reason golatending was implimented is quite interesting. It was in order to hinder Wilt Chamberland. The rule was born after a game where Wilt jumped and grabbed a ball out of air when it was somewhere between 13 and 14 feet up. The NBA then decided to hinder Wilt, because it didnt work for superstars at the time like it does now (i.e. let them travel witht eh ball as long as the dunk is showy). Anyways, heres to digressing from a tanget (double digress!).

-Kesich