Dead backbots

[FRC45]

There is a debate on ChiefDelphi regarding this situation.

Redbot is serving as their alliance backbot. It dies and is a sitting duck, still in legal backbot position.

Bluebot comes over and decides to use a strategy of pushing dead redduck into a non-legal backbot position in order to get penalties assessed to RedAlliance every 5 seconds.

Is this a legal strategy on BlueBots part?

The debate comes from the implication of G26 in that Bluebot would be wasting their time in trying to prevent RedBot from getting to their backbot position. It implies that because Bluebot is causing the "infraction", there is no penalty assessed to Redbot.

Would the same concept of "cause of infraction" imply in the dead duck case?

Thanks in advance.

[GDC]

It is contrary to the intent of the game to gain advantage by using a dead robot as a tool to force the other alliance to incur penalties. A backbot that is prevented by another robot from crossing the center line - or is pushed off-sides - will not incur a penalty.

Also note that each alliance gets to choose which robot is assigned as their backbot. In this example, the red alliance gets to choose which robot is assigned as the backbot. They cannot be forced into making this decision by blue alliance attempts to move the dead red robot.

[GDC]

Update: Please refer to Team Update #15 and the revised version of Rule <G25>. This rule clarification supercedes all prior versions.