[Greg Needel]

You Make The Call (YMTC) is a series of situations where you are the official and make the call. Please reference specific rules when applicable. The results of YMTC are not official and are for educational purposes only.


Redateam is at the YMTC regional event with their robot. This robot is 6ft tall has 2 very large non-transparent ramps. At the beginning of the match the ramps open wide with a flat side of just wide enough to fit within the 72X72" rule (101.8" wide). The team plans to use these large vertical ramps to bock teams from scoring on the spider legs, but as the match progresses they realize that they have a better effect by blocking the other alliance's driver station field of view by positioning them self between the drivers and the rack. Reaateam wins the match because the blue alliance cannot see the rack to function their robots and the other red teams are able to climb those large ramps. At the end of the match the drivers from the blue alliance approach the head referee to ask if this is legal. You are the head referee do you allow this strategy in this and future matches. You make the call.