[EricH]

Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur

So you believe that because 1501 designed their robot in such a way that it will get trapped if it goes into a legal part of the field, that it is "egregious behavior" to push them there? Maybe we should all design our robots to get trapped if we get pushed up against the side rails of the field .

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I'd actually like to know what rule the ref was referring to when he told Rosie that they would be red carded if they did it again. It might give more insight as to his thought process (maybe something I'm not grasping here)

I'm thinking this way.

It's not egregious behavior--the first time. It's just strategy. If the same team did it again, then you could argue proven intent to disable and use a combination of <T05> and <G36> (somewhat loosely interpreted) to issue a yellow card. If it happened a third time, with the same team, red card. At the same time, issue a warning to all future opponents that they need to be careful when this team is near the goals and suggest that design modifications be made to the robot that gets trapped to avoid the issue entirely.

That's the way I think the ref was thinking, and the reason that egregious behavior could be called. Because it didn't happen again, no penalty, no card, no foul, no nuttin'.