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Re: Penalty for raising tetra higher than player station?
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Originally Posted by Bduggan04
The overhang was specific to 2004, and even then it was only in the middle of the wall. In most of the years prior to this year, an overhang would have made the game unplayable as objects were thrown over the wall to score. There's no reason you can't take action yourself instead of waiting for FIRST. Buy a hard hat, they're pretty cheap from McMaster.
However, I agree with you that FIRST should take some action on this issue. It may be as simple as requiring hard hats, but a net or something might be even better. Until then teams should exercise caution when lifting tetras high near the players stations. Awareness of this issue could resolve it.
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Since there is a special hazard this year, and since we don't throw balls, tetras, etc. over the wall, having a taller wall would have taken care of this issue. The down side, of course, is that it would have made the fields more expensive and more complicated to assemble.
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