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Re: G28/G44/G45
I have been through referee training and the training does make these rules quite clear. I will be refereeing at the MAR event at Rutgers.
While in past years there has been a small degree of variation between events, this year I don't believe this will be the case because there will not be the referee discussion at the end of the match that there has been in past years. Calls will be immediately calculated via tablets. Technical fouls will be radio-ed in to the head referee. There will also be hand signals for many fouls. I really believe that FIRST will succeed in their attempt to reduce ambiguity of fouls that are called.
The bottom line is that referees were told in training that any rule that begins with "strategies that", especially G45, will be called if a team does this action more than once. It is not all up to what the referee sees as intent. This includes previous discussions on balls under bridges, balls outside the field, etc.
Regarding Wayne's scenario, I'm believe with confidence that a G28 would be called. For a majority of situations, intent is based on repetition. Of course, there will be extenuating circumstances.
Remember this is just one conjecture on the topic. I hope this helps.
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Last edited by sammyjalex : 25-02-2012 at 20:01.
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