[GaryVoshol]

I will agree that <G22> penalties were easy to incur this year. I think that until the fields were set up in arena lighting settings, the GDC didn't realize the effect of reflections off the center barrier. However, there were a number of <G22> penalties right in front of the driver stations, and at the finish lines. Those should have been preventable.

All the other penalties, in my opinion, were totally avoidable. Because of the mandatory bumper rule, more robot-to-robot contact within the bumper zone was allowed. <G37> and <G42> were there to reduce contact which would be unfair, either outside the bumper zone or while hurdling.

And there were far too many teams that didn't understand penalties or other aspects of the rules.