Thread: Penalty for raising tetra higher than player station?
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Re: Penalty for raising tetra higher than player station?
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Originally Posted by Tristan Lall
We can't know what the robot would do, if turned off--it might drop the tetra. This is certainly an unenviable position to be in, because if the safety-oblivious driver doesn't move it, the scorekeeper who takes the risk of killing it might himself make quite a mess of whoever's underneath....
I hate to say this.. But I told you so.

And that is a great point. If it is shut down by a field ref, and someone gets hurt cause the robot is designed to let go at the end of a match when power is cut, who is to blame? The players? The field attendant who killed the power?

This is something I predicted a week or two ago, and making the ruling this late in the game (even if it in the best interest of the safety of the players) is just a bad thing to do.

I believe it should be phased into the regionals, and left to the head ref to make the individualized calls, with risk of blame on their part (for if when they do hit the stop, then the tetra drops) since this was obviously not a rule from the manual from the beginning of the season.

I don't want to see anyone getting hurt but the standardization and the conformity of rules are there for a reason.

I see this as unfortunately duplicating the tether ruling in 2002.

I say bring back the ball chute from last year as a safety shield over the players.
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