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Originally Posted by cbeavers6790
last year lots of teams had openings in their bumpers to allow for a kicker mechanism, pusher, etc while the cutout will be differnet the idea that the inside of the cutout would not be the first thing to touch a vertical wall in a collision it wouldnt need bumpers if you have anything that would help me make sure i am correct in this idea i would appreciate it
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Nobody in Michigan did, at least not among the 80% or more of teams that I saw. BUMPER coverage was required to be 100% last year too. The difference was that the BUMPER ZONE was higher last year, allowing the balls to go below the BUMPERS.
The issue is not the flat-wall test; the issue is the 100% BUMPER coverage requirement from <R07-A>.