Picking up a tube in opponent's Safe Zone

[martin417]

Originally Posted by liam.larkin

Ohhh how diabolical

Its how would I say very Bill Bellicheck

In the spirit of FIRST and as the coach for my team I would avoid such a thing out of principle. Would never command my team to do something I knew to be illegal. I would rather win straight up and if I couldnt well then.

It is a very intresting hypothetical however. I could see where this is a very plausable scenerio.

I disagree with the notion that knowingly drawing a penalty is "illegal". The game rules describe team actions, and the cost or benefit of those actions. If the cost is a red card, you might consider it illegal, but if the cost is a penalty, then it is just a negative score (in the way that a tube hang is a positive score) the coach must perform a cost / benefit analysis and make his/her decision based on the relative strategic advantage. GP does not play into it.