<R16> penalty

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by skimoose

First people are saying that the 80" rule penalty is not defined. It is clearly defined in section 7.2 The Game Definitions.

PENALTY: A 10 point decrement in the Alliance score assigned when a deserving violation of the game rules has been identified by a referee.

Much like last year's 72" rule, the penalty for breaking the rule is 10 points. Breaking any rule is a 10 point penalty, and every instance of the violation is another 10 point penalty. Robot rules are still part of the overall game rules.

I don't think the referees can just hand out penalties when they feel like it. If that were the case, why are penalties mentioned in any of the other rules? If breaking any rule is always a 10-point penalty, then there's no need to mention it again. In fact, there is at least one place where it says breaking the rule will NOT incur a penalty - instead the robot will be disabled.

Also, if the penalty was 10 points, why would the Q&A have not mentioned that, and specified a Yellow Card instead?