Scenario: Captain can't serve their penalty as a blocker

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@kinetic.khaos

That is very clearly the intention. That does however not resolve the contradiction that they according to 1.2 can no longer be captain while serving that penalty. Thus technically the penalty is not served by the captain, but by a substitute.

I can see your point, although if they received a 7th penalty on behalf of their team during a Jam they would be able to serve it. Either way though, the initial dilemma remains unchanged.

@kinetic.khaos

It also opens the question at what moment the penalized team is entitled to designate a new captain. According to my interpretation they should be allowed to designate a new captain before the jam in which the former captain serves their seventh penalty.

I agree a new Captain can be selected before the next Jam starts if they want or need to, however that doesn’t change the fact that the old Captain still received the penalty and fouled out due to it. Therefore normal substitution rules seem to apply. I don’t see anything that says a Captain’s substitute has to be the new Captain, only that they must be in the same Role (Jammer, Pivot or Blocker).