Assigning Penalties

[FRC2505]

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

Can penalties be assigned for a violation of any game rule, or are they limited to the rules which mention a penalty as the result?

[GDC]

Assigned penalties must be justified by the Manual. If a team's behavior is egregious, but does not necessarily map to a specific rule (if we tried to write a manual that specifically prohibited all egregious behavior, the Manual would be excessively long), then the referee may issue the team a yellow or red card.