A "Dangerous Situation"

[DjScribbles]

So, this weekend at MSC we were up against 67's full court shooter in quarter finals. We had built a deployable blocker prior to the event for defending such a robot, and used it to some effect.

In our first match against them, we got pushed away by 2337's very powerful drivetrain (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1AO...ZbYOGB3Kd9wHV). I talked to our drivers, and suggested they try to maneuver themselves between 67 and 2337 in order to stand a chance; and told them to ask the head ref what would be called if we were pushed by 2337 into 67, simply as a precaution.

I was pretty shocked to hear that we were told that putting ourselves between 67 and 2337 would be considered 'placing ourselves in a dangerous situation' and that the ref would have called fouls against us for this action.

Is this ruling reasonable? From my perspective, if an opposing alliance member pushes us into another opponent in a protected zone, that's their problem, not ours. Just as a team doesn't receive a foul for being rammed into a pyramid, they shouldn't receive one for being forced into a protected bot.

It was a little upsetting to hear this after getting knocked out (since getting in between the FCS and its body guard could have turned the match in our favor), but this ruling would also have a big impact on our defensive strategies at champs.