G40 change?

[Ian Curtis]

The fact that there are lots of G40 fouls means that students are being exposed to a risk that FIRST wanted to avoid because it is potentially unsafe. Right now, students are putting themselves in an unsafe situation because they didn't read/understand the rules. After this happens, teams get penalties, match results change, students get upset, refs get a bad rap (they don't want to be deciding winners!), and generally nobody wins. We can continue proceeding this way, but if we do, we continue putting students at risk.

Something more fundamental has to change than just the points/foul. The risk level needs to be reassessed (which would justify adjusting the foul points), OR we need to remove students from a scenario in which they are at risk (move the HP stations back, for example).