[Adam Shapiro]

Originally Posted by Cody C

I am taking this too far, and whats done is done... but I don't appreciate being told that I am wrong when I have concrete evidence showing that it is impossible... no zip-tie, you can see in the pic that there are not 3 inches to intrude with, and to their two oppinions, I have the other teams drive-team as well as our own. I have shown that our incursion into the center goal is impossible, and when I did, I am just met with "I don't care if it is impossible, you did it."

I can see there isn't much of a way to change your opinion, but I'd just like to point out that a photo of your robot in the pit is hardly evidence. First, it could have been taken either before or after the zip tie was added or removed respecively. Second, there is no way to judge the length of the front of your robot from that photo unless you had a ruler or another object placed next to the robot to compare with. Again, it is unfortunate that you got disqualified for this penalty, and it is additionally unfortunate that the driving teams were in agreement, but the call was at the discretion of the refs and they decided against you. End of story.