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2023: Should a switch's status be "fixed"?
It's rare, but we have seen already that a ball can go through a goal and not flip the switch.
It's also rare, but we have also seen a ball clear a switch but not go into the goal.
Should the switch's status reflect if a ball has scored in the goal, or should it be left as it is?
Referees should not manually alter the status of a Switch, even in cases where a Goal is Scored without Clearing the Switch or a Switch is Cleared without a Goal being Scored.
The blue box for rule <SC4>, was revised in the October 8 game manual update to read as follows:
Sometimes a Switch gets Cleared without scoring a Ball through the Target, or a Ball is Scored through a Target but the Switch is not Cleared. That’s okay. Switches must be Cleared as part of normal gameplay, and by Balls, not Robots or humans. Beyond that, there are no restrictions on what type of Robot action, mechanism, strategy, or technique is used to Score Balls and Clear Switches.
In cases where a Switch is Cleared directly by a Robot (not with a Ball) in Violation of rule <SC4>, it should still be counted as Cleared but should also be recorded as a Major Violation and Disqualification in accordance with the Violation Notes for <SC4>.