Yellow card / Red card usage at 2004 IRI

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by Chris Hibner

I would like to see the point penalties moved over to aggressive play. If you tip a team - 25 pts; if you ram them repeatedly - 10 pts; if you entangle - 10 pts; if you get more than X penalties (or perhaps more than Y penalty points), you're DQ'd. Obviously the point values used here are for illustration purposes only and would need to be thought of a little better.

I think it makes it much easier to call a penalty if the penalty fits the crime a little better. I like the football anaolgy: you're offsides - 5 yards; holding - 10 yards; late hit to the head - 15 yards. The current system in FIRST is: offsides - DQ&forfeit; holding - DQ&forfeit; late hit to the head - DQ&forfeit.

I'm strongly against point penalties for all but the smallest
infractions. Why? It encourages doing illegal things as a strategic
move. If intentional tipping was 25 points, it's a no brainer to tip
237 before they get on the bar. Even if it's 50 points, I'd still
rather have 237 on the ground, then keeping other people off the bar.
What about intentionally ramming 45 as they get ready to put the 2x
ball on a goal full of 15 balls. As long as you ram then 7 times or
less (and keep them from placing the ball) you've come out ahead.

Even if it was 100 points for an intentional tip, it wouldn't be that
hard for 2 good offensive teams to beat the 1 remaining team, where
they might not have been able to if both were there. If it were 200
points, you might as well DQ, the team.