[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by EricH

If you need to know something, you'll be told over the PA, or someone will come talk to you. Otherwise, you don't need to know it.

Personally, I don't think some of the comments that would be made during a downed field would be very good listening. Plus, much of that sort of thing would be "X, can you come to the field" or not spoken at all, as the FTA and his crew would be all hunkered around the problem part of the field.

Not to mention that they operate on multiple channels. If you need person X, then the call goes on channel Y. Person Z to get team A for a match, channel W. I've seen this personally, while working as an inspector. Even if you--in violation of the walkie-talkie prohibition--managed to listen in on one channel, you'd only get part of the story.

As a lead que while I a, flattered that you are interested in what we do there isn't all that much excitement in announcing to Pit adman " Match 17 is starting get ready to que up match 19." all the action is pretty much in front of you anyways so there are no BIG SECRETS to discover out there really. At least from the competition. I can't say the same for the teams.