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Re: Rule G22 needs to be changed
I was only a spectator at BAE, but the number of penalties per match seemed excessive. At one point, the announcer even said "not a lot of penalties in this match -- only two". The fact that a low-penalty match had a total of 20 points deducted is probably not what the GDC intended.
Imagine someone watching this game who didn't know FIRST, and seeing 4-5 penalties in many matches. Would they come away with a sense of the gracious professionalism that the teams displayed, or would they come away thinking that FIRST teams like to play dirty, and can't even follow the rules? I think the proposed rule change in post one would greatly improve the game from a spectator's point of view, not to mention from the team's point of view.
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Zan Hecht
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