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Originally Posted by paul lathrop
Is there a rule or does anyone think that there will come to be a rule about how fast alliances must release or throw the balls from the chutes onto the field?
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There isn't one yet, and my gut tells me FIRST wouldn't touch such a thing.
First, that's something that could drastically affect strategy. In my two seasons in FIRST, any obvious strategy-altering rule changes are usually knocked out in Team Update #1. (For example, TU#1 in 2004 changed the rules to allow balls to go directly from the ball dump into the mobile goal.)
That same ruling also seemed to indicate (to me at least) that there are some aspects to the game that the GDC just would rather let go. I'd bet that having a shot clock on 80 balls is one such aspect. Because then you have to have a ref watching all those balls. And throwing all those flags. And hearing all that flak by folks on Delphi. (Yeah, I know we shouldn't gripe like that, but it does happen.)
So, to answer your question, I think FIRST will let teams hold onto their balls for as long as they feel like.