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Official Q&A: VEX V5 Robotics Competition 2025-2026: Push Back
3014: Implementation of a consistent escalation of repeated minor violations to major violations
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Is the following permissible?
It is announced at the driver's meeting that the 4th time a minor violation of a specific rule is recorded in the match anomaly log for a team, the 4th and all further violations of the same specific rule will be escalated to major violations. 4 violations of a specific rule, keep in mind the minimum number of matches for an official event is 6 so 4 is more than half of the minimum number of required matches, is explicitly stated at the drivers meeting to be the threshold value for the number of occurrences that will lead to a major violation.
Per <T1b>, a team has had 3 matches at a tournament where they have been explicitly told about their minor violations of <GG8> each match that their license plates have fallen off. At the conclusion of the 4th match at a tournament where a license plate has fallen off, a 4th minor violation of <GG8>, the team is disqualified from this match.
As described in the definition of Violation in the game manual, "Multiple Minor Violations within a Match or tournament may escalate to a Major Violation at the Head Referee’s discretion or as specified in a rule."
It would be reasonable for a Head Referee to notify Teams that their 4th Minor Violation of a specific rule without specific guidance (and any subsequent Violations of that rule) would become a Major Violation and Disqualification for the Match. This guidance should be provided to all Teams at the event, ideally during the event meeting. However, this guidance might not be appropriate at all times during a season, or as blanket guidance for all rules and events.