Regional-specific rules, etc., and do the referees read the rules?

[Justin_302]

I was dissapointed at the West Michigan Regional. When you hit a robot in a loading zone, its a 30 point penalty. They are trying to keep the human players safe. When a robot crosses the drivers plane and the drivers get knocked in the head with a tetra, its only a 10 point or even no penalty. On Friday, a robot trying to cap the center/home row on our side breaks the plane and drops a tetra on me, the other driver, and our coach. Our coach had a busted lip, I had a bump on my head, and the other driver had a sore sholder. The opposing alliance got nothing. Not even a warning. Saturday in the final rounds, we were hit yet again. This time the tetra was higher and hurt more. All the opposing alliance got was a 10 point penalty. I guess safety isnt a concern. The 2 robots deserved 30 point penalties and their robots being disabled.