Team Update 13 (2016)

[Ian Curtis]

To what level of detail were referees previously instructed to record the details of fouls / tech fouls?

I think all teams have a reasonable expectation that referees should be able to say at a high level, "This robot got this penalty for doing this thing." At the same time, no team should expect a 20 page report. If the intent of this blue box was to make it clear that no 20 page reports will be issued, I think that's fine. But as written, having no expectation to be told which robot incurred the penalty is a big step backwards in consistency. In my experience, a reasonable percentage of teams at events do not know the rules very well & may have no clue that what they are doing is causing the fouls... the only way to stop the fouls is to inform them!