Violations not being Penalized Properly at Competition

[Ken Streeter]

Originally Posted by KyleLT1987

At 22 seconds, during autonomous, you see team 2016 (great team by the way and if we had to lose to someone, I'm glad it was them) cross the centerline of the field and contact robots within the opposing teams (our teams) alliance. A red flag is waived to signal an infraction yet at the end of the match no penalties were ever reported. As per rule G32, a red card should have been issued.

As Vikesrock mentions, the proper way to raise such issues to the referees is by going to the "question box" immediately after a field reset is signaled. (Or, in this case, immediately after the score is announced.) The specific applicable rule is T05.

However, in the specific case shown in the video above, it's hard for me to tell whether G32 applies, as even though the offending robot crosses the center line in autonomous, it's hard to tell if it enters the opponent's ZONE. (It's definitely very close -- if only the view wasn't blocked!)

In any case, G11 is clearly violated, which would not be a RED CARD violation but only a PENALTY. If the offending robot also crossed into the blue ZONE, a RED CARD would seem to be the appropriate finding.