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Re: Looking for a rule - No defense on robots without tubes
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Originally Posted by dlavery
The referees have the authority and responsibility to enforce the rules that have been provided. Rule <G53> provides them with the final authority on all decisions regarding how a particular rule will be enforced and the applicability of a particular rule to a given situation (i.e. "rulings"). It does NOT give them the authority to change the existing rules or make up new ones.
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Originally Posted by 65_Xero_Huskie
The Head ref said at the drivers meeting on saturday morning that this change was to reduce the amount of heavy defense that was being played on friday. I see this as a problem because instead of giving out yellow flags they decided to change the rule. I did not see any yellow flags for the so called "heavy defense". Im still confused.
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Dave has already pointed out that this action was outside of the Head Referee's authority. Subsequent posts by Chris and by me were aimed at clarifying how this situation could have been dealt with.
Everyone: please keep in mind that this is ChiefDelphi, not the FIRST Forum. What we post here in all just personal commentary -- and that includes even GDC members such as Dave.
Please watch the FIRST Forum Q&A Responses, and the Team Updates, for official resolution of this or any other FRC issue.
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