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Originally posted by Jim McGeehin
1. The goal is not the property of any team or team member. They are the property of the event coordinators.
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This doesn't really matter by itself - see my response to number 3...
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2. Goals are not an active component; they are passive.
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But that doesn't change their ultimate purpose - their ultimate purpose is to gain points. Same thing with other robots.
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And the big one...
3. A goal cannot be damaged by simply moving it, as it is designed to move in all directions. This is not true with all robots.
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Going back to my origional point, the purpose of FIRST is to advance the field of engineering, to recognize science and technology - Gracious Professionalism is designed to facilitate that. If you didn't design your robot with the idea that it can be pushed - if you designed your robot hoping that a key element of this year's game wouldn't be applied to it - should you be able to achieve victory over someone who DID incorporate that part of the game into their robot? Each year, teams learn lessons about different aspects of engineering - that is the purpose of FIRST. If you didn't design your robot to be able to withstand being pushed, well you learned something for next year. Of course, if your robot is actually damaged, Gracious Profesionalism states that the team that damaged you work with you to repair it.