[meaubry]

It would seem to me, that if holding down the IR button renders bad results - such as flooding or blocking other teams signals - AND it is NOT within the intent of the rules as defined by the GRC - I would hope that there is a way to monitor this occurance, and penalize anyone that decides to "hold the button down". After teams realize that they will be penalized, they might stop using that tactic.

Am I being too pessimistic to think, that by stating "it's not graciously professional behaviour", that some teams will stop that tactic?

Since there is a big movement underway like "no robots left behind", I would hope that the entire FIRST community also embraces the fact that IR signals are intended as single event occurances - not continous events - and that it hurts everyone to "hold the button".

Mike Aubry