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Originally Posted by Bharat Nain
While the refs got better from inventing rules, they now decided not to enforce the rules. Sometimes, they don't call penalties because it seems like they don't want to play the "bad guy" role. This is ridiculous. Usually I am very pro-defense, but when it gets to the point where teams arms are breaking, I think the refs should use the rule book. At this point, there is no rule book. Its more like just guidelines and pick what you want to use. This is not meant to be an offense to any of the refs, because you are all good people, and some of you are my friends. However, this year FIRST created a game that is NOT so hard to ref and there are not too many close/hard calls, and yet it doesn't look like the rules can be followed. If I were the one making the game I would be telling myself - what more can I possibly do to make the game referee friendly.
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Contact is allowed with the robot when that portion is outside the bumpers (like most arms are), and arms can also be broken when legal bumper-to-bumper contact is made and the arm is attached or hung up on the rack.
Teams need to make sure their arms are strong enough for rigorous contact when they are not within the bumperzone.