Starting Heigh versus Shipping Height: A FIRST Trick?

[aaeamdar]

<R07> says that one of the allowable weight classes is 72 inches tall with your robot (excluding battery & bumpers) weighing 100 pounds. I would imagine everyone by now has read or heard of this rule.

However, Section 4.3.1 states that your crate must "be no taller than 5' 10'' (70") high. This maximum includes the 4" by 4" lumber mentioned above.

First of all, let me say that I am totally in favor of people reading the manual. However, I recognize that not every team (particularly rookies) will have someone who reads the entire rule book. How would a team that hadn't read the aforementioned section know that they couldn't actually build a 6' tall robot? Why doesn't <R07> include a note in big letters saying "Remember that your robot must fit into the crate which is only 5' 10" tall"? Is FIRST simply not conscious of this discrepancy or am I missing something? I know they aren't trying to punish teams who don't read the rulebook completely, but that does seem to be a potential effect.

What are your thoughts?