As soon as FIRST does something to prevent 'boxes on wheels' from repeatedly ramming us, we'll remove the wings & ramps, until then we need to protect our robot and our chances of being successful in the game. The teams whose sole strategy is ramming and pushing have brought this upon themselves. Teams get fed up with being a whipping post for the rammers so we have to take action. If you want to be able to push teams across the field or ram without flipping yourselves, come up with a new strategy or design to beat the ramps. We've found a way to deflect the blows, now it's your turn to innovate and come up with something new. Come up with a better way to play defense that doesn't rely on ramming and destruction.
To me the complaining coming from the rammers & pushers just sounds like sour grapes. You want to show off your perceived power and other teams come up with a simple and effective way to prevent it.
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wedges give robots a clear and unfair advantage. shouldn't a pushing match be decided by the strength of the drivetrains, rather than who makes a cheap shot?
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I guess the answer depends on perspective. I think the winner of a pushing match should be decided by the entire robot (wedges and all), not just the drive train.