[Jon Stratis]

I think he's referring to the "No other means are permitted for TEAMS to return BALLS to the FIELD" section. While i can see how he's interpreting it, I think this is more an attempt to "lawyer" the rules than take them for their true intention. This rule involves the act of team members (not robots) returning balls into play. The only legal way of doing so it by placing the ball in the trident, then using the trident to place it on the rack (per the first sentence in the rule). The second sentence, IMO, is solely there to ensure players know it's illegal to, for example, simply throw the ball over the wall.