Banging the driver station

[FrankJ]

Originally Posted by orangemoore

All actions have consequences.

Regardless of intention, if you prevent another team by your direct (including autonomous) actions from playing to their full potential you deserve a penalty.

Not reading the rules and updates and understanding the consequences is also an action with consequences.

While the head referee is the final interpreter of the rules, they cannot change them & are supposed to interpret them as written. There are no rules against hitting the field hard enough to dislodge driver stations. A bit of grey area for egregious or intentionally damaging conduct, but that is a high bar to cross.

Having said that, intentionally ramming the field with the intent of dislodging driver station is certainly against Gracious Professionalism.