[EricH]

Originally Posted by onetree3

I think the floor is just a distraction. But i don't think that the gate is the focus. Lots of people think that the yellow things are to Velcro to hold down the field. They have to be touching the floor for the velcro to work and it appears that the gold things are slightly off the ground.

It's not that we think that, it's that we know that. I've said this before, but I've helped set up the field at least once per year at an official event since 2007. Every year, both sides got 4 trip guards, one over every support on the outside.

They are flat because they are made flat, then they bend under the Velcro that holds them to the floor and the metal they protect people from, if they aren't pre-bent.