[KenWittlief]

even in physical body contact sports there are rules against aggresively attacking a player

you cant body-check someone who is shooting in basketball

you cant tackle the kicker in football

in baseball the catcher cannot knock the batter over, or grab his bat just as he is about to swing

you cant push someone who is about to pass you in a foot race

you cant jam your tire pump in the front wheel of an opponent in a bicycle race

Again: if a team is slamming their bot into their opponent to prevent them from collecting balls, delivering them, or capping a goal, I EXPECT to see them disqualified.

that is not the spirit of FIRST - teams are encouraged to compete by building machines that can perform the scoring objectives - not to be battlebotwannabees.

building a robot that does nothing but drive around slamming into the opponents machines - what does that say about your team?

"We couldnt figure out how to collect the balls, or deliver them, or pull the goal closer, or handle the 2X ball, or climb the bar, so all we did was make a chassis with a bushwacker bumper on the front, too bash your bot with"