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Originally Posted by dtengineering
Teams that do not drop their keepers immediately after the start of teleoperated mode are penalized, I believe, by disqualification (rule G14)
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My interpretation of the rules (which may be wrong) is that you are only penalized if you actually score the keeper after autonomous. I think it would be silly to disqualify a team because a keeper somehow got stuck on them during autonomous mode.
Dropping it is necessary, though, because if you are holding onto it then you are not allowed to pick up any other tubes, rendering your team useless.