Kamen & Flower's Saftey Violations: Kickoff

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Originally Posted by Tetraman

Imagine that three robots are in the midfield at the end of the match. If three people from each team go pick the robot, thats 9 team members. Two Field reset crew members would also be in the midfield collecting the balls. And at least four Refs would be in the midfield helping/watching the team members remove the robots from the towers. Not to mention that the new teams will be entering the field and placing their robots into position.

That's a load of people in a relatively small space surrounded by field edges and tall bumps. Hazard waiting to happen. 2 per team is plenty.

I agree. This might sound crazy but even having 2 members per team is too much. But I know each team needs two, and I am not discouraging from that. Though I would not really see a problem with maybe 1 or 2 of the teams having a third person, if all 6 teams had an extra person, that means on average we would have about 35 people on the field (if you count 4 refs, 3 members times 6, 6 scorers, then 5-7 field reset people) We already have almost 30 people on the field normally but this year it would be harder, since the field is broken up into sections, that means 10 people in a 342 square foot area. (If my calculations are correct). And then the two robots that are most likely going to be in that area, which takes away about 24 sq. ft., plus one team is bound to bring in a cart which can take up about 18 sq. ft., not to mention any balls that will be on the floor, so we'll take away about 5 sq. ft. for that, which leaves us with 294 sq. ft. for 10 people to move around in. (I can't believe I just calculated that.) But then if we add in the extra 6, that means 12 people to 294 sq. ft.
There is also a higher tripping hazard for us mere humans with the bumpers (though the only ones who should be attempting that would be the refs, scorers, and field reset) and that is no good when we add 6 more bodies. Just not a good idea to me.


Did that even make sense to anyone?