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Unread 16-02-2004, 10:58
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Re: Big Ball

I am not a FIRST official, but I have plenty of FIRST experience.

If history is used, here is how I expect FIRST to rule this:

1) The big ball will NOT be replaced during the match. They will most likely still count it as a playing object (good luck manipulating it, though).

2) Your team will get a warning from the head ref and they will force you to correct the problem that caused the ball to be popped.

3) If your robot pops another ball (in a later match), you will be DQed and not allowed to compete again until you can demonstrate that you will no longer pop balls.

This is how they handled this situation in the past, so I guess I would expect it to be the same this year. I would ask the question on the Q&A forum, just to be sure.
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