[ALIBI]

With all the trouble that teams have been having keeping their trackballs intact, rules limiting protrusions that could become puncture or impalement hazards, rules requiring radii on corners etc. I just find it ironic that the field personel will be giving us all a spear (Flag) at the begining of a match that must be mounted permanently in an approximatley vertical position. I would like to see the GDC better define "approximately vertical". The +/- five inches from the required 51" height of the top of the flag holder could give you quite a bit of back and forth motion if say the flag holder was secured via a spring from the bottom, much like a bicycle flag, and maintained a height of 56" when vertical. It seems that mounting it with a spring would also make it much less of a puncture hazard for the trackball. I have not done the math, but at the maximum height the flag may also contract the over pass. I am not sure if that would affect the scoring mechanisms ability to read your lap indicator if the indicator was moving around a lot.