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Originally Posted by Paul Copioli
The biggest problem I see is that each year the refs are told to "really enforce" certain rules.
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Good post, you got me thinking. Sure, certain rules do change. But there are some that don't entanglement, tipping, etc. They are considered "standard rules" and are included almost every year.
Referees are human and don't want to make the diffcult call of determing whether or not a robot should be disabled. Black and white calls, like when the battery comes loose are easy. However, fuzzy situations like entanglement and tipping are difficult.
There are clearly some who think 469 has violated the rules and others who think 469 is just playing good defense.
I propose that FIRST puts together a video to be shown to all that shows examples of violations of the "standard rules." Actual competition footage could be used. Teams would get a better idea of what they shouldn't do, and referees would have actual examples to use to help determine what intent looks like.