Los Angeles Regional Finals Match Defense

[YoshiCity]

In regards to cards for aggressive play... A team at North Shore was given a yellow card in their first match of playoffs for an aggressive hit while attempting to score a boulder in the enemy courtyard on an opposing robot playing defense. The two robots pushed head on into each other until the defense bot was lifted up so that only its rear wheels and rear bumper were touching the ground. The offense bot backed away before the 5 second mark that would cause a pin. It was fully within the right of the referees to call what they deemed excessive aggression, but this scenario was at least worth mentioning. Seems to be just one more thing referees are inconsistent on between events.

One more thing worth noting is that the entire situation was not visible to the offense robot's drive team, considering there was a sally port in defense position 2 blocking all view of what was happening.