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Re: Ann Arbor District Regional 2010
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At what point do you make the call? How long do you give a team to get off ball? Is it as long as the team is trying to dislodge ball and not playing?
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Based on the wording of Update 16:
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Incidental protrusions of the BALL within this boundary will not be penalized if the TEAM corrects the condition before resuming game play.
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and the box examples:
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Examples of game play include, but are not limited to, actively engaging with another ROBOT, navigating toward a GOAL, controlling the position or direction of another BALL (e.g. kicking or herding), and changing regions (crossing a BUMP or under a TOWER).
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My personal interpretation would generally be that if I thought you incidentally (as opposed to intentionally) drove up on top of that ball, made honest efforts to dislodge it, and did not resume "game play", I would not be prone to call a penalty at any time.
Of course this is subject to agreement by my Head Ref and Ref team.
And I might add that one of my favorite quotes is "All generalities, including this one, are wrong"! 
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2010 REFEREE: Kettering, Ann Arbor, Wayne State, Troy, MI Championship, Atlanta-Newton field, IGVC TARDEC, MARC and upcoming KETTERING Kickoff.
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