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In the finals on Archimedes, 201, 33, and 148 got a G44 carrying penalty both matches. Both times, 33 had a ball in possession, and if I remember correctly, was pushed up the bump by 233 or 254 so that the ball was no longer in contact with the playing field. Both times, they released the ball (by kicking or just letting go... I can't remember) as soon as they realized they were "carrying".

Now, rule G13 (Causing Penalties) states "The actions of an ALLIANCE shall not cause an opposing ALLIANCE to violate a rule and thus incur PENALTIES. Any rule violations committed by the affected ALLIANCE shall be excused, and no PENALTIES will be assigned. ", essentially that if a robot causes another robot to break a rule, no penalty will be assigned. So, the question is, wouldn't pushing a robot with a pinching roller in such a way that caused it to carry a ball be an example of causing "an opposing alliance to violate a rule"?

(In case anyone's wondering, this is one of many times the refs disappointed me. Please don't argue; I can cite several more examples, and the reason I'm not is that they're volunteers, and they give up lots of their spare time to help us out.)