[Joe Menassa]

a little rough housing is ok. sometimes things break, wires get cut, and people get angry. this is something we have learned to deal with year after year. in fact, many of us are guilty of it.

is it bad? not necessarily. defense is defense and most of us in the heat of the moment will do everything that is in our power to win. i know 494 didnt purposely design their robot to cause damage. our robot suffered damage simply because it isnt completly shielded. they just happen to hit us in our weakest point. it was an unfortunate mistake, im sure if anyone for 494 responds they will admit they were just trying to push and shove not disable our robot.

there is a limit to the rough housing and it is tough to judge. i hope that teams realize that pushing a shoving is fine just be careful with arms and goal grabbers and what not, the things that can penatrate other robots are what we all have to look out for.