2016 IRI Rule Change Suggestions

[Kevin Leonard]

Originally Posted by rich2202

Right now, they have 5 refs + head ref working in a zone formation.

IMHO, they should have 6 refs + head ref working in a man-to-robot formation.

It is much easier to see/call crossings and fouls if you are watching one robot continuously. Also, when a robot-robot foul happens, there are 2 ref's that will see it.

What you miss (and what is missing now) is all the loose boulder fouls. If a boulder is in the Outerworks, who knows where it originally came from.

Sally port crossing for a Ref on the wrong side (blocked by the open door) is also an issue. But, that is also a current problem.

I like this. It also allows referees to better judge intent, because they've been watching the same robot the whole match.

I'd add a clause that if a robot is trying to pick up a ball, and two end up touching the collector, that's not a foul.
I can recall multiple times this season where teams are going to pick up balls and get penalized for touching two of them. Also a particularly memorable one was where 2791 was lining up to shoot their batter shot, and two balls happened to be sitting in front of their robot when they did so. 2791 wasn't trying to pick those up, but they got fouled for it anyway.