I was at a tournament about a month ago at Modesto, CA. There was a ruling on preloads that seemed quite sketchy to me.
The head referee stated that a preload is allowed even if there isn’t a robot, but referencing the definition of a preload:
How is it possible to have a preload when there is no such robot, if it’s mandated that such preload touch a robot?
Would allowing preloads, such as this, be legal?
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If a team is unable to have their Robot play in their Match, their Preload must be placed on the empty Alliance Starting Tile. For full details please see this previous response.