[Madison]

Originally Posted by Mark Garver

They discussed back and forth for at least 10 minutes. In the end Ron pointed to update 15, section 9, T06. This according to Ron was his way of being able to make the call of a robot needing to have a tube in order to play defense against a robot.

For the sake of discussion, this is the text from the update:

Rule <T06> allows for the Head Referee to assign a YELLOW CARD to a team
exhibiting egregious behavior. Examples of egregious behavior include, but
not limited to, the following:
a) Behaving in an unsportsmanlike manner repeatedly or after receiving a warning
b) Damaging the field repeatedly
c) Ramming robots repeatedly and/or excessively
d) Using foul language and/or gestures while on the field
e) Tipping robots repeatedly and/or excessively
f) Forcing your opponent to commit a rules violation
g) Gaining an advantage by breaking a rule repeatedly and/or excessively

Dave's already mentioned that the referees exceeded their authority in this case, so I hope that means that others have been instructed or otherwise informed that this sort of fabrication is unacceptable.