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Originally Posted by Diriye
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Well played indeed Diriye...
But to Steve's credit. The questions in this thread about order of precedence of rules, updates and Q&A were asked by none other that Steve W a few years ago.
Again rules, updates and Q&As from prior years do not apply to this year's game, but to add perspective:
http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=737
This quote in particular is salient:
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Answers on the Q&A system are not official rules. However, they are determinations of how the rules will be interpreted by competition authorities. When necessary,The Q&A answers are used as the basis for decisions by the judges, inspectors and referees (who are provided with the Q&A system responses as guidance).
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Given that, in 2006 a Q&A interpretation of the rule would have set precedence.
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