<R16> penalty

[Jeff Waegelin]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

There is no provision in the rules for a 10-point penalty. As I recall, neither was there a provision for a penalty for exceeding the 72" square last year - the correct sanction should have been to disable the robot.

There were actually three levels of penalties for a robot exceeding 72" last year. Yuo could get a 10 point penalty (usually for minor violations), a penalty + disable (for violations that could interfere with gameplay), or a penalty + disqualification (for intentional violations interfering with gameplay). There also was the option to call a yellow card for repeated violations of the rule. Last year at Detroit, I called lots of the minor penalties, one or two disables, and no yellow cards or DQs.

All this said, it would appear the penalties are defined differently. There's no provision for violating <R16> in "The Game", so there would be no point penalty, just a possible yellow card, unless a change is made. Personally, I would like to see a 10-point penalty added for this violation, with, again, a provision for a yellow card for repeat offenders.