Is FRC giving high CG robots a free pass on defense?

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by interpretTHIS

By your interpretation of the rule, only teams that make their strategy of "tipping" known should be penalized under G24.

And this is how it's called. Teams that push other robots "up high" with arms, teams that "follow through" and push on the underside of the robot to "complete" the tip, teams that hit a robot while it is toppling, these demonstrate a strategy to inhibit via tipping. Teams that happen to tip when someone is playing defense do not necessarily do so.

Under your interpretation of the rules, an offensive robot could have a deliberately high CG, and anyone defending them could be red carded for merely attempting to defend them. It's literally a chokehold strategy to build this robot, if that interpretation stands.